1920 J Recent Literature. 487 



Bryant Marsh Sparrow upon the Hills. By Jos. and J. W. Mailliard. 



A Return to the Dakota Lake Region. By Florence M. Bailey. (Con- 

 tinued.) 



Wilson Bulletin. XXXII, No. 1. March, 1920. 



The Raptores of Nelson County, Kentucky. By B. J. Blincoe. 



Notes on the Birds of Wakulla County, Florida. By John Williams 

 (Completed in June number). 



Bluebird Migrations. By Howard C. Brown. 



A Synopsis of the Genus Thryomanes. By Harry C. Oberholser. — This 

 revision recognizes the same races and species as the author's previous 

 monograph of the genus with the addition of T. albinuchus (Cabot) placed 

 in the genus by Mr. Ridgway, and the two races described by Grinnell, 

 T. b. catalinae and T. b. marinensis with a new race, T. b. ariborius (p. 25) 

 from Agassiz, B. C, which is said to range over the southwestern corner 

 of British Columbia and adjacent Washington. 



Wilson Bulletin. XXXII, No. 2. June, 1920. 



List of Birds made during service in France and Germany. By C. C. 

 Sanborn. 



The Oologist. XXXVII, No. 3. March 1, 1920. 



Bird Nesting Notes from Yates County, N. Y. By C. F. Stone. — Addi- 

 tional notes in May issue. 



The Oologist. XXXVII, No. 4. April, 1920. 



Bohemian Waxwings in Kansas. By P. B. Peabody. 



The Oologist. XXXVII, No. 5, May, 1920. 



Annotated List of the Birds of Brooke County, W. Va. — Anonymous. 



Journal of the Museum of Comparative Oology. I, No. 3-4. 

 March 31, 1920. — Like its predecessor this issue is largely devoted to 

 articles by Mr. W. L. Dawson in exploitation of his Museum of Com- 

 parative Oology. There are, however, several special articles dealing 

 with birds eggs, as follows : 



An Oological Revision of the Alciformes. By W. L. Dawson. — This is 

 a remarkable contribution in which the author first admits that he is not 

 "deeply versed in the lore of taxonomy" and then states that the tax- 

 onomist is "all too easily satisfied with incomplete, or superficial evidence. " 

 Following this and some ridicule of the systematic worker he proposes 

 that classification be based upon eggs alone. It is true that a knowledge 

 of eggs is an aid to classification, and in certain groups has pointed to im- 

 portant relationships, just as have many other characters, but to insist 

 upon using one character only, no matter what the character may be, is 

 preposterous. There are resemblances between eggs that mean nothing 

 from the phylogenetic point of view, just as there are resemblances in 

 structure between birds which are only remotely related. Mr. Dawson's 

 italicised "propositions" governing the matter we can hardly regard 

 seriously. 



Gaps in Our Knowledge of Eggs. By A. C. Bent. — Calls attention to 

 certain species of North American birds the eggs of which are unknown 

 or about which additional information is needed. 



