A.1A. Recent Literature. Loct 



Chapman on Birds from Alaska. ^ — The 6S species here listed were 

 obtained on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, from June 21 to August 15, and 

 on Popof Island, one of the Shumagin group, October 19-26 and Novem- 

 ber ID to December 5, 1901, by the Andrew J. Stone Expedition of 1901, 

 collecting in the interest of the American Museum of Natural History. 

 The list is annotated by Mr. Chapman, and includes field notes by the col- 

 lector, Mr. J. D. Figgins. The White-tailed Ptarmigan of the Kenai Pen- 

 insula is separated as a new subspecies, under the name Lagopus leucurus 

 pe?iinsularis. The Kenai form of the Steller's Jay is distinguished as new 

 under the name Cyanocilta slelleri borealis. Incidentally the Hudsonian 

 Chickadees are reviewed at some length, with the result that four forms 

 are recognized, as follows : (i) Partis Jiiidsonicus, (2) P. h. liitoralis, (3) 

 P. h. stoneyi and (4) P. h. columbianus. The Kenai specimens are referred 

 to P. h. cohimbia?ius ; littoralis was described many years since bv the 

 late Dr. Bryant from Nova Scotia specimens. — J. A. A. 



Shelley's 'Birds of Africa.' Vol. III. — We take great pleasure in 

 chronicling the appearance of Volume III of Captain Shelley's great 

 work on the 'Birds of Africa',^ the plan and scope of which has already 

 been placed before the readers of 'The Auk.''^ The present volume treats 

 of 15S species, and includes the Motacillidoe, the Alaudidce, and the Frin- 

 gillidae. The 14 colored plates illustrate 28 species. All the praise 

 bestowed upon Volume II is equally merited by Volume III. As the first 

 two volumes include only 354 species, or about one eighth of the total 

 number given in the 'List' as published in Volume I, the serious mag- 

 nitude of this great undertaking is evident. — J. A. A. 



Bertoni's ' Aves Nuevas del Paraguay.' ■* — This is the unassuming title 



1 List of Birds collected in Alaska by the Andrew J. Stone Expedition of 

 1901, by Frank M. Chapman. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVI, pp. 

 231-247, Aug. 18, 1902. 



^ The I Birds of Africa, | comprising all the Species which occur | in the | 

 Ethiopian Region. | By | G. E. Shelley, F.Z. S., F. R. G. S.,etc. | (late Grena- 

 dier Guards), | Author of "A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt," | "A Mono- 

 graph of the Sun-Birds," etc. | — | Vol. III. | — | London : | Published for 

 the Author by | R. H. Porter, 7, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W. | 1902. 

 — 4to, pp. X -f- 276, col. pi. xv-xviii. 



^Auk, Vol. XVIII, 1901, pp. 122, 123. 



■•Aves Nuevas del Paraguay | Continuacion a Azara | por | A. de Winkel- 

 ried Bertoni | (Extracto de la Historia Natural de las Aves | del Paraguay) | 

 — I Descripci6n de las especies nuevas descubiertas por el autor | y contri- 

 buciones al estudio de la | avifauna Paraguaya | — | Materiales recojidos 

 desde 1890 hasta fines de 1900. | — | Asuncion | Talleres Nacionales de H. 

 Kraus | Enero de 1901. | Svo. pp. 1-316. 



