264 Recent Literature. [April 



Wild Life. Dec, 1914, Jan., 1915, contains beautiful photographic 

 reproductions of Willow Warblers, Coots, Spoonbills, Ravens, Pied Wagtail 

 and of the Rhinoceros covered with "Rhino birds," Buphagus erythro- 

 rhyncha. 



Trouessart, E. The Influence of the War on the fauna of the Country 

 and the Migration of Birds. (La Nature, Ann. 43, No. 2155, pp. 33-35.) 

 [In French.] 



Tischler, F. Die Vogel der Provinz Ostpreussen. (W. Junk Berlin, 

 1914, royal 8vo., pp. 1-331.) — Treats of 305 species and subspecies. 

 Historical preface with plate of prominent ornithologists of the region. 

 [In German.] 



Publications Received. — Allen, A. A. (1) Birds in their Relation to 

 Agriculture in New York State. (The Cornell Reading-Course, Vol. IV, 

 No. 76. Nov. 15, 1914.) (2) The Paramo of Santa Isabel. (Amer. Mus. 

 Jour., XV, Jan. 1915, pp. 3-8.) 



Allen, Glover M. Pattern Development in Mammals and Birds. 

 (Amer. Nat., 1914, pp. 385-412, 467-484, 550-566.) 



Beal, F. E. L. (1) Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer. (U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bull. 630, Feb. 13, 1915.) (2) Food of the Robins 

 and Bluebirds of the United States. (Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr., 171, Feb. 5, 

 1915.) 



Brabourne, Lord, and Chubb, Charles. (1) A Key to the Species of 

 the Genus Crypturus with Descriptions of some new Forms. (Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, Vol. XIV, Oct., 1914, pp. 319-322.) (2) A Synopsis 

 of the Genus Tinamus. (do. Vol. XII, Dec, 1913, pp. 577-579.) 



British Ornithologists' Union Committee. A List of British Birds. 

 Second and Revised Edition. London, 1915. Wm. Wesley & Son. 

 Price 7s. 6d. 



Buckland, James. The Value of Birds to Man. (Smithson. Rept. 

 for 1913, pp. 439-458.) 



Clark, Austin H. The Present Distribution of the Onychophora, a 

 Group of Terrestrial Invertebrates. [Distribution of birds discussed.] 

 (Smithson. Misc. Coilns., 65, No. 1. Jan. 4, 1915.) 



Cleaves, Howard H. What the American Bird Banding Association 

 has Accomplished During 1912. (Smithson. Rept. for 1913, pp. 469-479.) 

 (Reprinted from ' The Auk.') 



Cooke, Wells W. Preliminary Census of Birds of the United States. 

 (Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr., 187, Feb. 11, 1915.) 



Grinnell, Joseph. Barriers to Distribution as Regards Birds and 

 Mammals. (Amer. Nat., XLVIII, April, 1914, pp. 248-254.) 



Hankin, E. H. Animal Flights: A Record of Observation. Iliffe & 

 Sons, Ltd. London [1913?]. Price 12s 6d. net. 



Henshaw, Henry W. Report of the Chief of Bureau of Biological 

 Survey. (Advance sheets from Ann. Repts., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1914.) 



Hornaday, William T. Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice. 

 Yale Univ. Press., New Haven, Conn., 1914. Price $1.50. 



