170 Recent Literature. [* a u n k 



study of a colony giving dates of arrival, nesting, Latching of young, etc. 

 for the past four years. 



Twenty-four Hours in a Black Skimmer Colony. By B. R. Bales. 

 — Another account of the Cobb's Island colony, [or a nearby one] already 

 well described in Chapman's ' Camps and Cruises.' 



Description of Another New Subspecies of Lanius ludovicianus. By 

 Harry C. Oberholser. — L. 1. grinnelli (p. 87), north central portion of the 

 peninsula of Lower California, type from San Fernando. 



Birds from a Sick Man's Window. By W. Elmer Ekblaw. — An inter- 

 esting account of familiar species seen on the grounds of some University, 

 the locality of which is not mentioned. 



The Lure of the Godwit. By Gerald Alan Abbott, — Describes the habits 

 of these interesting birds on the prairies of North Dakota and Minnesota, 



The Wilson Bulletin. XXXI, No. 4. December, 1919. 



Some Changes in the Summer Bird Life at Delavan, Wisconsin. By 

 N. Hollister — A valuable comparison after a lapse of twenty years. 



Birds of Wakulla County, Florida, By John Williams. 



An Annotated List of the Land Birds of Sac County, Iowa. By J. A. 

 Spurrell. 



The Oologist. 1 X X XVI, No. 9. September 1, 1919. 



The Song of the Mockingbird. By Theodore R. Greer. — As heard in 

 Aledo, Illinois. 



The Oologist. XXXVI, No. 10. October 1, 1919. 



Nesting of the Black-billed Cuckoo. By G. W. Vosburgh. — At Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. 



The Oologist. XXXVI, No. 11. November 1, 1919. 



Ruffed Grouse [in Massachusetts]. By H. H. Johnson. 



The Ibis. 2 XI, Series, I, No. 4. October, 1919. 



On Birds from South Annam and Cochin China, Part II. Pycnono- 

 tidse — Dicseida>. By Herbert C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. — 129 

 species are listed in this instalment of which the following are described as 

 new, Hemixus tickelli griseiventer (p. 568); Langbian Peaks; Xanthiscus 

 flavescens sordidus (p. 569), Arbre Broye, S. Annam; Garrulax millcti (p. 

 574), Dalat, S. Annam; Trochalopteron yersini (p. 575), Langbian Peaks; 

 Stactocichla merulina anamensis (p. 577), Dran, S. Annam; Pomatorhinus 

 olivaceus annamensis (p. 577) Dran; P. tickelli brevirostris (p. 578), Trang 

 Bom, Cochin China; Rimator danjoui (p. 578), Langbian Peaks; Turdi- 

 nulus epilepidotus clarus (p. 582), Dalat; Alcippe nipalensis annamensis 

 (p. 582), Dalat; Pseudorninla atriceps (p. 583), Langbian Peaks; Stachyris 

 nigriccps dilutus (p. 584), Dran; Siva sordida orientalis (p. 587), Langbian 

 Peaks; Herpornis xantholeuca sordid:: (588), Daban; Cutia nipalensis 

 legalleni (p. 588), Langbian Peaks; Pterythrus oeralatus annamensis (p. 589), 

 Langbian Peaks; Mesia argentauris cunhaci (p. 591), Dalat; Pncepyga 

 pusilla annamensis (p. 591), Langbian Peaks; Cissa margaritai (p. 604), 

 Langbian Peaks; JEgithaliscus annamensis (p. 606), Dran; Certhia dis- 



1 H. Magoon Barnes, Lacon, 111. 



2 Win. Wesley and Son, 28 Essex St., Strand, London, W. ( !. 2. 



