Vol. XIXl Recent Literature. S*"*^ 



1902 J 



Piranga hepatica. —Tolerably common in the Chisos, Davis, and Gua- 

 dalupe Mountains. 



Piranga rubra cooperi.- Common in suitable localites m extreme 



southwestern Texas. 



Vireo solitarius plumbeus. -Tolerably common in the mountains west 



of the Pecos River. , r- j 1 



Dendroica graciae.— Mr. Bailey secured one specimen m the Guadalupe 



Mountains. 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata.- A tolerably common transient in western 



Sitta pygmjea. — Common in the Guadalupe Mountains. 



Parus inornatus griseus.- Fairly common in the Guadalupe Moun- 



tains. r , T^ • A 



Parus gambeli.- Common in the higher portions of the Davis and 



Guadalupe Mountains. _ 



Psaltriparus plumbeus.- Abundant in the high mountains of south- 



''Tsaltriplrusmelanotislloydi.- Abundant in the Chisos and Davis 

 Mountains, and also in the Ord Mountains south of Alpine. 



Polioptila caerulea obscura.- Common in suitable localities west of the 

 Pecos River.— Harry C Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Campbeirs Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds.' -Mr. Campbell is to 

 be congratulated by all his brother ornithologists on the satisfactory 

 completion of a great undertaking. The ' Nests and Eggs of Australian 

 Birds ' forms a work of over 1100 rather closely printed pages, and treats 

 of 765 species and subspecies. The eggs of many of the species are 

 illustrated in the 27 colored plates, and the nests and eggs and breeding 

 sites of many more in the large number of very effective halt-tone illus- 

 trations, published as full-page plates. There is also a portrait of the 



>Nests and Eggs | of | Australian Birds 1 including the \ g^°g>^^Pf ^\ ^^f" 

 tnbution of the species \ and 1 popular observations thereon | By | Archibald 

 James Campbell | Melbourne ] With Map, 28 Coloured Plates and 131 Photo- 

 graphic Illustrations | - | Parti [and II] 1 - | Printed for the author | by 

 lawson & Brailsford, Sheffield | 1900. 1 (All rights reserved)- Roy. 8vo, Part 

 I, pp. i-lx-f 1-524; Part II, pp. 524-1102, frontispiece (pt. I), portrait of 

 John Gould; frontispiece (pt. II), portrait of the author, map, 26 colored 

 plates, and 131 half-tone illustrations. 



