556 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



some more parts of this work, which may be said to be well 

 planned but rather slowly executed. Part 9 *, recently 

 received, is devoted to the Pipridse, a well-known Neotropical 

 family of Dentirostral Oligomyoclan Passeres, generally of 

 small size and of very brilliant colouring in the male sex. 

 The author, who is well acquainted with his subject and the 

 latest literature on it, recognises 20 genera as appertaining 

 to the Pipridse, and gives us excellent ■'' keys " to the species 

 of each genus. The largest is typical Pipra with 29 species 

 and sub-species. The rarest species is Sapayoa (enigma, based 

 on a single specimen in the Tring Museum. 



Three well-drawn coloured plates illustrate this excellent 

 memoir. 



60. Macoun's Canadian Birds. 



[Catalogue of Canadian Birds. Jiv John Macoun and James M. 

 Macoun. 1 Vol. 8vo. 761+xviii pp. Ottawa, 1909.] 



This is a reprint, with corrections and additions, of 

 Mr. J. Macoun's ' Catalogue of Canadian Birds/ which was 

 published in three parts in 1900-4 f. In addition to the 

 Dominion of Canada, the authors have included in the 

 present edition notices of the birds of Newfoundland, Green- 

 land, and Alaska, as Nature is not limited by political 

 divisions. The classification and nomenclature adopted are 

 nearly those of the American ' Check-list.' The species 

 included in the list are 768. The greater part of the new 

 material of the present edition has been written by Mr. J. 

 M. Macoun. In the case of the first edition of this useful 

 work, we are told that the stock was exhausted almost 

 immediately after publication. In consequence of the rapid 

 augmentation of the population of Canada now going on, 

 we cannot doubt that the same will be the case with the 

 present edition. 



* See ' Ibis,' 1907, p. 566, for notice of Tarts 6, 7, 8. 

 f See ' Ibis,' 1905, p. 281. 



