346 Recent Literature. [sce 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Wayne’s ‘A List of Avian Species for which the Type Locality is 
South Carolina.’— This list ! numbers 76 species, of which 52 were based 
solely or primarily on Catesby and 4 others in part on this author. It is 
interesting to note that 58 were named by Linneus in his ‘Systema 
Nature’ (43 in the 10th edition and 15 in the 12th edition), 7 by Audubon, 
and the remaining 18 by various European authors, including 5 by Gmelin. 
On comparing Mr. Wayne’s list with the A. O. U. Check-List (1910) 
edition) the type localities given by Wayne agree in 54 cases with those of 
the Check-List; in most of the others the Check-List localities differ from 
Wayne’s in being less definite, in several instances the range of the species 
as assigned by the original author being given instead of definite type 
localities. As in most of these cases Catesby is the most important refer- 
ence cited by the original author, and evidently the one on which he 
mainly based his species, Mr. Wayne seems fully justified in giving in 
these instances the type locality as Carolina. In place of ‘ North 
America,’ ‘‘ eastern North America,” ‘‘ Carolina to New England,” “ east- 
ern United States,” ‘‘ Virginia or Carolina,’ ete., Mr. Wayne substitutes 
Carolina. 
In his introduction to the list Mr. Wayne refers at length to Catesby’s 
great work, through which so many North American birds came to be 
described from ‘ Carolina.’ He says: ‘It should be explained that 
although Catesby’s book treats of Florida (the part now known as Georgia) 
and the Bahama Islands, as well as of Carolina, he devoted his time in 
Carolina to the study of birds and plants, while in the Bahama Islands 
he studied fishes. Nearly all his birds, therefore, are described from 
Carolina. ... 
““ Although the province of Carolina originally included what is now 
both North and South Carolina, it is clear that Catesby’s work was con- 
fined exclusively to the latter. His own description of his travels gives no 
indication of work beyond the borders of South Carolina. Furthermore, 
at the time Catesby wrote, the term Carolina was used to refer to South 
Carolina.” 
The Nonpareil (Passerina ciris) is not included in his list, but he states 
there is reason to believe that it ‘‘ may be credited to South Carolina with 
as much propriety as to Vera Cruz, which is the type locality usually 
assigned.’”’? As Catesby described and figured the species, and his descrip- 
tion is cited by Linnzus, it seems reasonable to definitely assign South 
Carolina to this species as its type locality.— J. A. A. 
1A List of Avian Species for which the Type Locality is South Carolina. By Arthur 
Trezevant Wayne, Honorary Curator of Ornithology in the Charleston Museum. Contri- 
butions from the Charleston Museum, III, pp. i-vi, 1-8. Charleston, S. C., 1917. 
