Recently published Ornithological WorJcs. 503 



75. 'The Auk.' * 



[The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Ornitliology. Vol. xix. Nos. 1 

 and 2, January and April 1902.] 



Mr. A. C. Bent begins the year with a continuation of 

 his illustrated paper on the nesting-habits of the Anatidae 

 in Northern Dakota, which is concluded in the April 

 number. Mr. James Hayues Hill contributes a short article 

 on Loxia leucoptera in captivity ; while the title o£ Mr. J. 

 W. Daniel's paper on the summer birds of the Great 

 Dismal Swamp will revive recollections of an ti -slavery 

 agitation in readers of mature age. Mr. W. H. Kobbe 

 investigates the question of the species or races of Herring- 

 Gulls, and comes to the conclusion that there is no specific 

 distinction between Larus argentatus and L. vegaoi Palmen, 

 but that L. cachinnans is quite recognisable. We are glad 

 to see that he has made good use of the Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. vol. XXV., although he has not arrived at quite the same 

 conclusions as the author of the section Gavise. Mr. H. B. 

 Bigelow^s list of the birds observed on the north-eastern 

 coast of Labrador is a useful supplement to Mr. L. M. 

 Turner's birds of Ungava. The Report of the Committee 

 on the Protection of North-American Birds is of great 

 interest, especially Mr. Butcher's portion relating to the 

 Gulls and Terns. We may pass over some American papers 

 which will be duly noted by the recorder of ' Aves ' ia the 

 ' Zoological Record ' ; but occurrences of Mareca penelope 

 in North Carolina and Long Island, as well as of Nettion 

 crecca in the latter, disserve mention on this side of the 

 water. — H. S. 



7Q. Baker on the Birds of North Cachar. 

 [The Birds of North Cachar. By E. C. Stuart Baker. Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc— Part III. op. cit. ix. p. Ill (1894) ; Part IV. op. cit. 

 X. p. 1 (1895); Part V. op. cit. x. p. 101 (1896); Tart \l.op. cit. x. 

 p. 389 ; Part VII. op. cit. x. p. 589 (1897) ; Tart VIII. op. cit. xi. p. 291 ; 

 Part IX. op. cit. xi. p. 390; Part X. op. cit. xii. p. 48(3; Part XI. op. cit. 

 xiii. p. 399 (1901) ; Part XII. op. cit. xiii. p. 503.] 



Mr. Baker has now sent us a complete set of his series 

 of papers on the birds of North Cachar, of which we 



