1887.] Recent Literature. 6 1 



more important disclosures would result. For such a study the 

 Brehm collection, which since his death has been inaccessible, 

 would be indispensable. 



Other papers presented by title were 'The Summer Birds of 

 the Bras d'Or Region of Cape Breton Island,' by Jonathan 

 Dwight, Jr. (see a?z/£a, pp. 13-16) ; 'The Summer Birds of the 

 Presidential Range of the White Mountains, N. H.,' by Mr. 

 Arthur P. Chadbourne ; and 'Notes on the Night Migration of 

 Birds at Cleveland, Ohio,' by Mr. Wm. F. Dcertenbach. 



A committee on Avian Anatomy was appointed, consisting of 

 Drs. Coues and Shufeldt. 



Resolutions of thanks were tendered Professor Baird for his 

 kindness in securing the lecture room of the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum as a place of meeting for the Fourth Congress of the Union ; 

 to Mr. George T. Angell, President of the Massachusetts Society 

 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for securing protection 

 during the past year to the Gulls and Terns breeding on Muskeget 

 Island, Mass., by placing an agent there, deputized as a game 

 constable, to prevent the destruction of these birds ; to the Rev. 

 G. E. Gordon, President of the American Humane Association, 

 for assistance and co-operation rendered the Committee on Pro- 

 tection of North American Birds ; also to the 'Science' Publishing 

 Company, and to the 'Forest and Stream' Publishing Company, 

 for valuable assistance rendered the same committee, and espec- 

 ially to the latter Company for its invaluable services in behalf of 

 the Audubon Society. 



The election of officers resulted in the re-election of the officers 

 of 1SS6. At the close of a highly satisfactory three days' session 

 the Union adjourned to meet in Boston, October 10, 1887. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Pleske on the Birds of the Kola Peninsula. — The second part of Mr. 

 Theodor Pleske's valuable work* has just come to hand, and treats of 



* Uebersicht | der | Saugethiere und Vogel | der | Kola-Halbinsel. | Von Theo- 

 dor Pleske, I Cand. d. Naturwissenschaften. \ — Theil II. Vogel und Nachtrage. | — 

 (Der Akademie vorgelegt am 5. Marz 1885.) | — Aus den "Beitragen zur Kenntniss 

 des Russischen Reiches und der angren- | zenden Lander Asiens, zweite Folge," 

 besonders abgedruckt. | — St. Petersburg, 1886. | Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Aka- 

 demie der Wissenschaften. | Wass. Ostr., 9 Lin., No. 12. — 8 vo. pp. iv ■+- 515. 



