384 Recent Literature. buly 



Rock: With Special Reference to the Plumage Markings as Compared 

 with those of the Sage Warbler, (do. March 15, 1915.) 



Patterson, H. H. OrnithologicalWar-Notes from Great Yarmouth, (do.) 



Finley, W. L. The Bob-White in Oregon. (Oregon Sportsman, 

 February, 1915.) 



Froggatt, W. W. Bird Notes (Australian Zoologist, Vol I, Part 2.)— 

 Numerous notes on Australian species. 



Dabbene, R. A New Bird for Argentina. — Manacus manacus gui- 

 turosus (Desm.). (Bolet. Soc. Physis, Buenos Aires I, No. 7, December 31, 

 1914.) 



Hirtz, Dr. M. Critical Remarks on Madarasz's Birds of Hungary. 

 (Glasnik hrvatskoga Prerodoslovnoga Denstia, XXVI, No. 4.) 



Keartland, G. A. On the Specific Name of the Blood-stained Cochatoo, 

 Cacatua sanguinea Gould. (Victorian Nat., March, 1915.) — C. san- 

 guined and C. gymnopis considered to be identical. 



Kershaw, J. A. A Naturalist in Northern Queensland. (Victorian 

 Nat., March, 1915.) 



Rothschild, W. and Hartert, E. The Birds of Dampier Island. 

 (Novit. Zool., XXII, No. 1, February 12, 1915) and The Birds of Vulcan 

 Island (do.) — These two islands lie off the northwestern coast of New 

 Guinea; 49 species are listed from the former and 41 from the latter. 

 Macropygia rufa krakari (p. 28), Dampier Isl. ; Hypocharmosyna rubrigu- 

 laris krakeri (p. 31), Dampier Isl.; Macropygia amboinensis meeki (p. 39), 

 Vulcan Isl.; Tanysiptera hydrocharis vulcani (p. 42), Vulcan Isl. and Mon- 

 archa chalybeocephalus manumudari (p. 43), Vulcan Isl. are described as new. 



Rothschild, W. and Hartert, E. Notes on Papuan Birds (continued). 

 (Novit. Zool., XXII, No. 1, February 12, 1915.) — Accipiter fasciatus 

 polycryptus (p. 53). ' Sogeri dist.' N. Guinea; Colluricincla brunnca 

 tachycrypta (p. 60), Milne Bay, N. Guinea, subsp. nov. 



Hartert, E. In Algeria, 1914. A Journey to the M'Zab Country and 

 Over the Central High Plateaus. (Novit. Zool., XXII, No. 1, February 12, 

 1915.) — An interesting account of a trip through this desert country and 

 the rediscovery of several species — Garrulus minor Verr., Chersophilus 

 duponti (Vaill), etc. 



Rothschild, W. On the Genus Fregata. (Novit. Zool., XXII, No. 1, 

 February 12, 1915.) — While Mathews arrangement of the forms (Austral 

 Av. Rec, II, No. 6) is for the most part endorsed, the fact it pointed out 

 that Fregata minor belongs to the bird of the East Indian Ocean, also that 

 the large Galapagos bird is the same as that of the West Indies and being 

 distinct from F. minor, this form should be known as F. magnificens Math. 



Publications Received. 1 — Cory, Charles B. Descriptions of New 

 Birds from South America and Adjacent Islands. (Publ. 182, Field Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Ornith. Series, Vol. I, No. 8, pp. 293-302, February 23, 1915.) 



1 Owing to the early compilation of Recent Literature for this number, only 

 publications received prior to April 15 are included. — Ed. 



