102 Recent Literature. [jan. 



Irenidce, fam. nov. Glaucomorpha (p. .53) gen. nov. for Irena cyanea; G. c. 

 megacyanea (p. 540) subsp. nov. from Pulo Tuanku, Banjak Islands. 



Curtis, W. P. The coloration Problem II [Picus et al.]. (Entom. 

 Rec. & Jour. Variation July, 1917.) 



Cookman, Alfred. The Sharp-shinned Hawk of the San Gabriel Moun- 

 tains [Cal.]. (Lorquinia, II.) 



Hartert, Ernst and Goodson, Arthur. Notes and Descriptions of South 

 American Birds. (Novit. Zool., XXIV, pp. 410-419.) Sixteen new forms 

 of Cotingidce, Tyrannidce and Dendrocolaptidos. 



Hartert, Ernst. Scolopax rusticola. (Ibid., p. 437.) — Figured. 



Hartert, Ernst. On the Forms of Coturnix coturnix. (Ibid. pp. 420- 

 425.) — Three new forms among the eight recognized: C. c. inoperata 

 (p. 422), Cape Verde; C. c. confisa (p. 423), Madeira; and C . c. conturbans 

 (p. 423), Azores. 



Dickinson, Mrs. W. G. Notes of an Amateur in Ceylon. (Bud Notes, 

 September, 1917). 



Selous, Edmund. Sexual Selection in Birds. Breeding Habits of the 

 Ruff. (Wild Life, August, 1917.) 



FitzSimons, F. W. Our Native Birds: Their Value to Man. (The 

 South African Journal of Science, 1916, pp. 366-372.) 



King, James. Bird Life in the Midlands of Natal. (Ibid. pp. 362-365.) 



Roberts, Austin. Ornithological Notes. (Annals of the Transvaal 

 Museum, V, pp. 246-262.) — The following new forms are described: 

 Spinus symonsi (p. 257) Basutoland — first described in a separate slip 

 supplementary to Vol. V, No. 3, January 1916. Mirafra africanoides harei 

 (p. 258), Windhuk, Demereland; Phyllastrephus terrestris rhodesice (p. 258), 

 Machile River, N. W. Rhodesia; Andropadus importunus noomei (p. 259), 

 Hsenertsburg, N. E. Transvaal. 



Roberts, Austin. Descriptions of a New Species and Genus of Flycatch- 

 ers from East Africa, and two New Subspecies of Guinea Fowls from South 

 Africa. (Ibid. VI, pp. 1-3.) — Chloropetella (p. 1); C. suahelica (p. 1), Myiai, 

 German East Africa; Numida papillosa damarensis (p. 2), Windhuk, S. W. 

 African Protectorate; Guttera edouardi symonsi (p. 3), Karkloof, Natal. 



Mazza, F. On the Capture of two birds unusual in the Provence of 

 Rome in 1916. (Boll. Soc. Zool. Ital. XII, pp. 191-197.) [In Italian.] 



Jungersen, Hector F. E. Two Cases of Pseudohermaphroditism in 

 Male Pigeons (Columba domestica) (Videnskabelige Meddelel. Kjtbenham, 

 LXVIII, pp. 7-22). [In English.] 



Publications Received. — Anderson, R. M. Recent Explorations 

 on the Canadian Arctic Coast. (Geographical Review, IV, No. 4, pp. 241- 

 266, October, 1917.) 



Beebe, William, Hartley, G. Inness, and Howes, Paul G. Tropical Wil I 

 Life in British Guiana. Vol. I. N. Y. Zoological Society, 1917, 8vo, 

 pp. 1-504, numerous illustrations. Price, $3.00. 



Bergtold, W. H. The Birds of Denver. An Annotated List. (Wilson 

 Bull., No. 100, pp. 113-129, September, 1917.) 



