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and with these, and my knowledge of the bird, I have attempted to compile 

 a work I think he would have approved. ... I have carried out the story 

 of the wild turkey as if told by Mr. Jordan, as his full notes on the bird 

 enable me to do this." 



Mr. Jordan had long been contemplating the publication of a book on the 

 turkey and Mr. Mcllhenny's aim has been to carry out his intentions. In 

 this he seems to have been eminently successful and the habits, habitats, 

 and calls of the bird are fully described while methods of hunting and 

 calling the turkey as well as of cooking it, are treated in a manner cal- 

 culated to interest the sportsman. 



Dr. Shufeldt's account of the fossil turkeys is largely reprinted from his 

 recent paper in ' The Auk,' while in his historical account the several races 

 and their ranges are differentiated, and the anatomy and the eggs of the 

 species, the early historic records, and the relation of the wild and domestic 

 forms are discussed. 



Much of the contents of the book appeared serially in ' Out Door World 

 and Recreation.' — W. S. 



Mathews' ' Birds of Australia.' • — The fourth volume of Mr. Mathews' 

 work begins with the Anseriformes and the author presents a general review 

 of the classification of these birds and the probable relationship and origin 

 of the various Australian genera. His studies lead him to the recognition 

 " that the hypothesis that the Australian Fauna considered as a whole 

 reached the continent from the north has been rejected by nearly every 

 recent worker in other branches " while he thinks " that all the available 

 evidence points to Antarctica as a stepping stone " between South Ameri- 

 ca, New Zealand and Australia. This however, is not necessarily his 

 final view as he promises further consideration of the question, later. 



The systematic treatment of the species follows the plan of the other 

 volumes and both text and plates maintain their high standard. No new 

 names appear in this installment. — W. S. 



Kuroda's Recent Ornithological Publications. 2 — Mr. Nagamichi 

 Kuroda has published a number of contributions to ornithology during the 

 past few years. Most of these refer to the birds of Japan but two hand- 

 somely printed brochures on the Anatida cover the species of the world. 



1 The Birds of Australia. By Gregory M. Mathews. Vol. IV, Part I, With- 

 erby & Co., 326 High Holborn, W. C. October 6, 1914. pp. 1-80, pll. 200-209. 



2 Ducks of the World. By N. Kuroda. The Ornithological Society of Japan. 

 1912. pp. 1-64 + 1-2, 6 plates. 



Geese and Swans of the World. By N. Kuroda. The Ornithological Society 

 of Japan, 1913. pp. 1-118+1-2, 9 plates. 



A Hand List of the Birds of Haneda and Tsurumi near Yokohama. [By N. 

 KurodaJ. August, 1913. pp. 1-11. 



Nests and Eggs of Japanese Birds. Including Formosa, Saghalin and Corea. 

 By Nagamichi Kuroda. April 10, 1914. pp. 1-31. 



