Recently published Omitholoyical Works. 117 



unexplored mountains of Haiti ('Ibis/ 1904, pp. 563 & 574). 

 The occurrence of the European A\ lgeon at Los Angeles, 

 California (about 33° N. lat.), seems to be the furthest to the 

 south yet recorded for it on the American side of the Pacific. 

 In the October number, Mr. Milton S. Ray's account of a 

 fortnight on the Farallones (about thirty miles west of 

 San Francisco) will appeal to all lovers of cliffs, caverns, 

 and sea-birds. The most curious inhabitant is, however, the 

 Rock- Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) ; and in one of its nests 

 were found embedded no fewer than 1665 objects — amongst 

 them 769 bones (rabbit, fish, and bird), 492 small granite- 

 stones, 333 bits of flat rusty iron and nails, besides wire, 

 pieces of scissors, &c. Six illustrations from photographs 

 accompany this paper. Mrs. F. M. Bailey sends some addi- 

 tions to Mr. YV. I. Mitchell's contribution of 1898, on the 

 birds of San Miguel County, New Mexico, and papers of 

 local interest follow, on birds of various portions of the States 

 of Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Particulars are 

 given of the aim and scope of the newly founded " Worthing- 

 ton Society for the Investigation of Bird-Life," to be erected 

 at Shawnee, Monroe County, Pennsylvania ; and we are glad 

 to see that the services of Mr. \Y. E. D. Scott, who is 

 personally known to many of us, have been engaged for the 

 Direction of this work. — H. S. 



3. ' Avicultural Magazine.' 



[Avicultural Magazine. The Journal of the Avicultural Society. New 

 Series. Vol. ii. Nos. 8-12 (June to October, 1904).] 



These five numbers of the 'Avicultural Magazine/ the last 

 of which includes the Report of the Council, Index for 

 the year, and so forth, are chiefly noticeable for a series of 

 excellent papers by Mr. D. Seth- Smith on the breeding in 

 captivity of the Tataupa Tinamou {Cnjpturus tataupa), 

 col. pi.; of the Painted Quails {Excalfactoria) , pi.; of the 

 Brush Bronze-wing Pigeon (Phaps eleyans) ; and of the 

 Scaly Dove (Scardafella squamosa). With regard to the 

 Tinamou, young were in the end successfully reared, while 

 it appears that the species is polygamous, and the male 



