^''ig^j'^'J Reviews. 329 



tlK- Sii(>\v\- Alh.itro.-s [Duuncdcii cliionoplcra) \ and the (ioldcn- 

 shouldcrcd Parrcjt [PscplwlcUus chrysopterygiits), whicli Au>tralieins 

 feared was extinct until Dr. Macgillivray and Mr. .M'Leniian re- 

 discovered it on the , Cape York Peninsula. 



" Addenda " i^ive the generic name " Tavislucku " for the 

 Spotted-sided Finch, and the name Steganopleura (replacing Stizop- 

 tcra) for the Banded Finch. 



The appendices contain matter of miuh \-a!uc and importance 

 to ornithologists generally and AustraHan oniithologi^-ts in 

 particular. 



The Library. 



The Union's library is growing apace, and tlie lion, librarian 

 (Mr. Erasmus \\'ils(jn) is greatly handicapped for the want of 

 proper cases for sheK'ing many valuable books, not to mention 

 periodicals. 



A generous member, who desires his name suppressed at pre- 

 sent, has kindly donated £5 towards supplying new bookcases. 

 The lion, librarian hopes that this good example will be fol- 

 lowed. Any sum, however small, will be of service. 



Additions to the Library. 



By F. F2K.VSMUS Wilson", K.A.O.U., Hon. Lil)rarian. 

 " Birds and the War," by Hugh S. Gladstoni'. Skefftngton and 

 Son. London, 1919. 

 The author, whose militar}- duties kept him in London, col- 

 lected all available information dealing with the effects of war 

 on bird life, and has compiled an entertaining little book, written 

 in the popular strain. Many sea-birds are shown to have perished 

 owing to their plumage having become matted together with 

 crude oil, liberated owing to the destruction of submarines or 

 oil-tank craft. Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins, Eider Ducks, and 

 Gulls all met their fate in this manner, for, Ix-ing unable to liy 

 or dive, they soon died of starvation. 



" Life Histories of North American Diving Birds," Order Pygo- 

 podes, by Arthur Cleveland Bent. Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, United States National Musem, Bulletin 107. 

 The order Pygopodes contains the following North American 

 birds : — Grebes, Loons, Puffins, Anklets, Auks, Murrelets, Guil- 

 lemots, Murres, and the Dovekie, and ^Ir. Bent has dealt with 

 his subject in a vi>ry masterly manner. 



"Spencer F'uUerton Baird," a biography, including selections 



from his correspondence with Audubon, Agassiz, Dana, 



and others. By William Healey Dall, M.A., B.Sc. J. B. 



Lippincott, Philadelphia and London. 



Spencer Fullerton Baird, born 1823, died 1S87, might be 



