360 Recent Literature. [sate 
Bird Gardening on Cape Ann. By F. G. Speck. 
A New department is called ‘The Season’ edited by Mr. Charles H. 
Rogers, with reports of the condition of bird-life for each two month interval 
by local authorities in six different regions surrounding the following centers; 
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Oberlin, Ohio and Kansas 
City. 
The Educational Leaflet treats of the White-throated Sparrow, with a 
colored plate by Sawyer. 
The Condor. XIX, No.2. March-April, 1917. 
An Annotated List of the Birds of Fremont County, Idaho, as Observed 
During the Summer of 1916. By Henry J. Rust.— An excellent annotated 
list of 103 species with photographs of the country and nests of the Green- 
tailed Towhee, Brewer’s Sparrow and other species. 
Some Notes on the Effects upon Bird Life, of the Corpus Christi Storm 
of August 18, 1916. By R. A. Sell— We wonder if the author and editor 
realize that in the final paragraph the Searlet Ibis which stood on the mass 
of drift ‘‘ like a garnet in the sands, or a rosy promise of the morning sun ”’ 
is the first record of the species for Texas and only about the sixth for North 
America. 
Birds of the Humid Coast. By Florence Merriam Bailey (continued). 
A List of Birds Breeding in San Francisco County, Cal. By H. E. 
Hansen and W. A. Squires.— Seventy species. 
Geographical Variation in Sphyrapicus thyroideus. By H. 8. Swarth.— 
The Rocky Mountain bird is separated as S. ¢. natalie (Malherbe). 
An Abnormal Egg of Fulica americana. By Alexander Wetmore. 
Names of Writers on California Birds. By T. S. Palmer.— Completes 
many names which were not given in full in Grinnell’s Bibliography. 
The Wilson Bulletin. XXIX, No.1. March, 1917. 
The Diary of a New England Ornithologist. By W. F. Henninger— . 
See antea, p. 356. 
A Coéperative Bird Census at Washington, D.C. By H. C. Oberholser. 
— Thirteen parties participated, each covering a different section. Total 
number of species observed, 129; total number of individuals, 12,257. 
The average number of species for each party was 66, the number varying 
from 51 to 91, with one-record of only 34. Of 16 species only a single 
individual was seen. The count was made on May 12, 1913. 
Remarks on the Mid-May Census. By W. DeW. Miller and C. H. 
Rogers.— Argues for accurate counts of individuals, not estimates. Cites 
apparent errors in the list of L. 8. Kohler; and questions his record of the 
breeding of Wilson’s Warbler in New Jersey. 
The Correlation between the Migratory Flight of Birds and Certain 
Accompanying Meteorological Conditions. By Frank Smith.— Claims 
a distinct correlation. 
The Odlogist. XXXIV, No.3. March 5, 1917. 
Some Nesting Birds of the Judith Basin, Montana. No. 2. By P. M. 
Silloway. 
