484 Recently pablhhed Ornitholoyicul ll^orks. 



with older lists, Mr. Wharton's will not fail, we trust, to pro- 

 vide food for useful reflection on this important subject. 



CI. Marshall's ' Birds' -nesting in India.' 



[Birds'-Nesting in India. A Calendar of the Breeding-seasons, and a 

 Popular Guide to the Habits and Haunts of Birds. Illustrated. By 

 Capt. G. r. L. Marshall, R.E., F.Z.S. &c. Crown 8vo, pp. 184. Cal- 

 cutta: 1877.] 



For publishing this useful and well-arranged volume all 

 bird's-nesters in India will^, we are sure, thank Capt. Marshall. 

 In it the time of breeding, the shape and position of the nest, 

 the range during the nesting-season of a large number of the 

 birds of India, and other details are given in a concise yet clear 

 manner. To afford still further information, a calendar is added 

 recording the doings of birds as regards their breeding during 

 every month of the year. To those accustomed to search 

 for bird's-nests in more temperate countries the uncertainty 

 of the nesting-time of tropical species is very perplexing, 

 l^he comparative completeness of Capt. MarshalFs list shows 

 how industriously and successfully the many ardent ornitho- 

 logists who have of late years explored India have pursued 

 their favourite study. Still there are gaps to till up, and points 

 yet to be made out, before the subject is complete; and we 

 trust that egg-collectors in India will freely respond to Capt. 

 MarshalFs request to be supplied with fresh notes and infor- 

 mation to be incorporated in a future edition. 



62. M'Cauletfs 'Birds of the Red River of Texas.' 

 [Notes on the Ornithology of the Region about the Source of the Red 

 River of Texas, from Observations made during the Exploration con- 

 ducted by Lieut. E. H. Ruifner, Corps of Engineers, U.S. A. By C. A. 

 H. M'Cauley, Lieut. 3rd U.S. Artillery. Annotated by Dr. Elliott Coues, 

 U. S. A. Extracted from the Bulletin of the Survey, vol. iii. no. 3. 8vo, 

 pp. 655-695. Washington : 1877.] 



This paper is issued as part of the Bulletin of Dr. Hayden^s 

 Survey, and relates to the ornithology of the little-known 

 district of Texas called the Llano Estacado or Staked Plain^, 

 a desolate treeless waste, " flat beyond comparison/' situated 

 at an elevation of 4000 feet above the sea- level. 



