272 Recent Literature. [April 



1023. The Night Heron. By S. T. Denton. Ihid., No. 2, pp. 9, 10. 

 — Account of one kept in confinement. 



1024. Winter Notes. [Bj F. T. Jencks.] H>id., No. 2. p. 15.— Record.s 

 a Great Blue Heron taken in Milton, Vt., Dec. 21, 1S84, and the capture 

 of two Great Grav Owls at the same place the previous winter. Also a 

 Prairie Warbler killed in Rhode Island, Dec. 4, 1SS4. 



1025. The Ip.-i-cvich S/(/r/-o-v in Rhode Island. [Bj F. T. Jencks.] 

 Ibid., No. 3, pp. 17, iS. — Numbers taken on the sandj' beach, near Point 

 Judith, Nov. 27, 1884. 



102G. Bird Migration. B3' Montague Chamberlain. //;;rf., No. 3, p. 

 iS.— On the arrival of the Night Hawk at Prince Edward Island, based on 

 notes of Francis Bain. 



1027. The Color of Birds Eyes. Bv E.J.Smith. Ibid., No. 3, p. 

 23. — Notes on various species. 



1028. ^Winter N'otes. By F. T. Jencks. J Ibid., No. 3, p. 23.— A 

 Snowv Owl taken at Newport, R. I., and Hawk Owls reported taken in 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New Brunswick. (See also p. 34.) 



1029. A Collecting Trip to Cape Cod. [Bj F. T. Jencks.] Ibid., 

 No. 4, pp. 25, 26, No. 5, pp. T,2,i 34- — Interesting notes on various Shore 

 Birds, Gulls, and Terns, as observed at Chatham, Mass., in May, 18S3. 



1030. Notes on the White-breasted Nuthatch. {.Sitta carolinensis.) 

 By John H. Steele. Ibid., No 4, p. 26. 



1030. Common Cormorants in Rhode Island. [By F. T. Jencks.] 

 Ibid.. No. 5, p. 34. — A specimen taken at Newport, March 27, 1S85, and 

 another at Nayatt Point, April 10. 



1031. A Seasonable Diet. Ily Thos. W. Fraine. Ibid., No. 5, p. 35. 

 — The Goosander as a fish murderer. 



1032. \^The White-cheeked Warbler, HelmintJiophila leucobronchialis.~\ 

 By J. N. Clark. Ibid., No. 6, p. 43. — Record of a specimen seen (but not 

 taken) at Saybrook, Conn, "in the spring of 1880." 



1033. Wingless Birds. By J. W. Won for. //;/(f. , No. 6, pp. 49-51. — A 

 brief account of Ostriches, Emus, Cassowaries, and Penguins. 



1034. Breeding-Places of Millions of Sea FovjI. Ibid., No. 7, pp. 53, 

 54. — At Bird Rock, Gulf of St. Lawrence. (From the Pro\idence 'Sun- 

 day Telegram.') 



1035. Notes on Food of Raptorial Birds. By Charles Dury. Ibid., 

 No. S, pp. 57- 5S-- — Notes on the contents of stomachs of various species of 

 Hawksand Owls. (From Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. April, 18S5.) 



1036. Successful Rearing of some I'ouug Dusky Ducks. By J. N. Clark. 

 Ibid., No. 12, p. 93. — _y. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Blasius, R., J. Rohweder, R. Tancre, and A. 

 Walker. VHI, Jahresbericht (1883) des Ausschusses fur BGO'bachtungs- 

 stationen der Vogel Deutschlands. (Journ. fur Orn. July, fSSj.) 



Blasius, W. (i) Die Raubvogel von Cochabamba. (Mitth. des Orn. Ver- 

 Wien, 1SS4.) (2) Osteologische Studien (Messungs-MCThoden an Vogel- 

 Skeletten). (Journ. fiir Orn. Oct. 1SS5.) (3) Ueber einige Vogel von 



