380 Recent Literature. [july 



The Eskimo Curlew and its Disappearance. By M. H. Swenk. — A 

 timely resume of records with a photograph of a specimen obtained at 

 Charles, Merrick Co., Nebraska, April 20, 1911. 



The Oologist. Vol. XXXII, No. 4. April 15, 1915. 



Pileated Woodpecker. By O. Reinecke. — Near Buffalo, N. Y. 



White-throated Swifts. By C. F. Schank. — Escondido, Cal. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. No. CCIV. Febru- 

 ary 27, 1915. 



Mr. Stuart Baker described (p. 61) Laiscopus collaris whymperi, from 

 Garhwal, India. 



The meeting was mainly devoted to a discussion of " Coloration as a 

 Factor in Family and Generic Differentiation." 



Dr. Percy R. Lowe presented the subject under six headings (1) " The 

 distinction which must be made between colour-pattern and mere colora- 

 tion "; (2) " The question of concealing coloration and vice versa, viz: 

 brilliancy of coloration "; (3) " The constancy and persistence of colour- 

 pattern"; (4) "The co-relation of colour-pattern with other generic 

 characters"; (5) "Colour-pattern as a phylogenetic or generic clue"; 

 (6) " The relation of colour-pattern to the question of ' genera-splitting ' 

 or ' genera-lumping ' " (cf. Notes and News of this number of ' The Auk.') 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. No. CCV. March 

 29, 1915. 



Dr. E. Hartert stated his opinion that (Enanthe stapanza and (E. aurita 

 are dimorphic forms of the same species. 



Lantern slides were exhibited illustrating the faunal regions of Algeria, 

 and the birds of the mouth of the Yenesei, N. Siberia. 



The following new forms were described. By J. D. LaTouche: Garrulus 

 diaphorus (p. 98), N. E. Chihli, China. By C. H. B. Grant: Centropus 

 grillii wahlbergi (p. 99), Umslango, Pt. Natal; Indicator minor alexanderi 

 (p. 99), Gambaga, Gold Coast; I. exilis leona (p. 100), Sierra Leone; I. e. 

 ansorgei (p. 100), Gunnal, Portuguese Guinea, Pogoniulus chrysoconus 

 rhodesice (p. 100), Chambesi Valley, Rhodesia, Dendropicos fuscescens 

 cosensi (p. 101), Senegal; D. lafresnayi loandce (p. 101), Loanda Dist.; 

 Thripias namaquus intermedins (p. 101), Ugogo, German E. Africa; 

 Jynx ruficollis cosensi (p. 102), Umala River, Afr. , ■ 



British Birds. Vol. VIII, No. 10. March 1, 1915. 



Notes on Migration at Dungeness, Kent, Autumn 1914. By H. G. 

 Alexander. 



Notes on the Habits of the Fulmar Petrel. By O. G. Pike. — With 

 Admirable photographs. 



British Birds. Vol. VIII, No. 11. April 1, 1915. 



The Blakeney Point Ternery. By Wm. Rowan. — Well illustrated. 



Avicultural Magazine. Vol. VI, No. 5. March, 1915. 



The Kingfisher and Snipe in Captivity. By G. E. Rattigan. 



My Hummingbirds and How I Obtained them. Anon. 



Rare Birds in Continental Zoos. By G. Renshaw. 



