172 Recently published Ormthologicctl IVorks. [Ibis, 



America/ which will be of great lielp to the beginner. 

 In fact, the book is essentially a popular one in the best 

 sense of the word, and is just such a one as should be placed 

 in the hands of any newcomer with ornithological tastes 

 I arriving in Canada. 



The second publication has already been mentioned in our 

 notice of the 'Auk/ in which it was published. The third 

 paper gives directions and nseful hints for the constrnction 

 and fixing-up of nesting-boxes^ especially for the Purple 

 JNlartin {Frogne subis), for which a very elaborate construction 

 resembling a pigeon-house is often built in America. The 

 last pai)er deals with the avifauna of Shoal Lake, situated 

 about 35 miles from Winnipeg, a favourite resort oL' many 

 different kinds of water-birds and ducks which breed there 

 in considerable numbers. 



7 odd on new Colombian Birds. 



[Descriptions of apparently new Colombian Birds. ]5y W. Vu. Clyde 

 Todd. Proc. Biol. Soc. NVashiugton, vol. 32, 1919, pp. 113-118.] 



Nineteen new forms are characterized, all with one 

 exception obtained Ijy Mr. M. A. Carrikcr, jr., in dilferent 

 parts of Colombia. The list of these will be found in the 

 ' Zoological Record/ and it does not seem worth while 

 repeating them here. It would appear that the ornitliological 

 riches of the northern portion of the South American 

 continent are even yet unexhausted, so constant is the 

 stream of new species and sul)species still being described. 



Townsend and Wetmore on Pacific Island Birds. 



[Reports on tire scientific results of the expedition to the tropical 

 Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U.S. Fish Commission 

 steamer 'Albatross' from August 1899 to March 1900, Commander 

 Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding. XXI. The Birds. By Charles 

 Haskins Townsend and Alexander Wetmore. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 

 Cambridge, Mass., Ixiii. 1919, pp. 151-225.] 



The voyage of the 'Albatross' in the winter of 1899-1900, 

 under the direction of the late Mr. Alexander Agassiz, was 

 made for the purpose of studying the formation of coral-reefs 



