312 Recent Literature. \ji% 



and Nature' (it has had se\eral titles), and are very et±ecti\e and for the 

 most part quite satisfactory as a means of identifying the species figured. 

 The faulty taxidermy of some of the specimens chosen for illustration 

 rather mars their appearance for those who know how a bird really looks 

 in nature. The work, however, is worthy of a cordial welcome and 

 should aid substantially in popularizing bird study. — J. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Berlepsch, Count Hans von, and Ernst 

 Hartert. On the Birds of the Orinoco Region. (Novit. Zool., IX, April. 

 1902, pp. 1-134, pi. xii.) 



Campbell, Archibald James. Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. 2 

 vols. Svo, pp. xl+ii02, map, 27 col. plates, and 131 photographic 

 illustrations. 



Clark, Edward B. Birds of Lakeside and Prairie. Sm. 410, pp. 150, 16 

 illustrations in color. A. W. Mumford, Chicago and New York. 



Dresser, H. E. On some rare PaUearctic Birds' Eggs. (Ibis, April. 

 1902, pp. 177-180, pi. vi.) 



Dubois, Alphonse, Synopsis Avium, Fasc. ix-x, 1901-1902. 



Evermann, Barton Warren. The Feeding Habits of the Coot and other 

 Water Birds. (Osprey, April, 1902, pp. 49-64.) 



Fisher, A. K. Two Vanishing Game Birds — The Woodcock and the 

 Wood Duck. (Yearbook Dept. Agric. for 1901, pp. 447-458.) 



Hartert, Ernst, and Carl E. Hellmayr. On two new Thrushes from 

 Western Colombia. (Novit. Zool., VIII, 1901, pp. 493-494.) 



Hellmayr, C. E. (i) Zur Revision der Gattung Polioptila. (Novit. Zool. 

 VIII, 1901, pp. 356-361.) (2) Untersuchungen iiber einige palaarctische, 

 Vogel. (Orn. Jahrb., XIII, 1902, pp. 26-41.) (3) Beschreibung von zwei 

 neuen brasilianischen Vogeln. (Verhandl. der k. k. zool. -hot. Gesells. Wien, 

 1902, pp. 95-98.) (4) Ueber einige Arten des Genus Thryophilus. {Ibid., 

 1901, pp. 767-776.) (5) Noch einige Worte iiber Thryofhilus. {Ibid.. 1902, 

 pp. 169, 170.) (6) Uebersicht der von Dr. A. Penther in Siidafrika gesam- 

 melten Vogel. (Journ. f. Orn., 1902, pp. 210-237. (7) Revision einiger 

 neotropischen Turdidse. {Ibid., pp., 44-69.) 



Jackson, F. J. List of Birds obtained in East Africa. Part II. With 

 notes by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL. D. (Ibis, Jan. 1901, pp. 33-97. pH- ii and 

 iii.) 



Howe, R. Heber, Jr. (i) A new subspecies of Passerciilits sandtvichensis. 

 (Contr. N. Am. Orn. I, pp. i, 2.) (2) A review of Prof. George H. Per- 

 kins's ' A Preliminary List of the Birds found in Vermont. {Ibid., pp. 5 

 -23). (3) Notes on Various Florida Birds. {Ibid., pp. 25-32.) 



Loring, J. Alden. Notes on Mammals and Birds observed in Southern 

 Alaska in 1901. (Sixth Ann. Rep. N. Y. Zool. Soc, pp. 145-159.) 



Loudon, Harold Baron von, und Vict. Ritter v. Tschusi zu Schmid- 

 hoffen. Coracias garrulus semeno-vi Loudon & Tschusi nov. subsp. 

 (Orn. Jahrb., XIII, 1902, pp. 148-150.) 



Madarasz, Julius von. Beitriige zur Ornis der Saloinon-Inseln. (Ter- 

 mesz. Fiizetek, XXV, 1902, pp. 350, 351.) 



