1920 J Recent Literature. bZ i 



we think that the chosen three would be the last to ignore the labors of 

 the illustrious group who have been denied admission to this inner circle. 



Systematic ornithology so far as it is concerned with the separation of 

 species and geographic races and the scouring the literature for the names 

 that have been bestowed upon them is one thing; but the working out of 

 the evolution of the general groups and their proper relationship is quite 

 another. One is as important as the other, but each requires a man 

 trained in that particular field and to obtain the most reliable facts in 

 the second fine of research we must of necessity look for help to the 

 zoologist whose knowledge extends beyond the limits of the Aves. 



The same authors have a "name-list" of the birds of New Zealand and 

 the first instalment of a similar list for those of Australia, which complete 

 this issue of the Record. 



The South Australian Ornithologist. V, Part 2. April, 1920. 



The Birds of Rivers Murray and Darling and district of Wentworth. 

 By A. Chenery and A. M. Morgan. 



Some Weights and Temperatures of Birds. By A. M. Morgan. 



Eudromias australis. The Australian Dottrel. By J. McNeil Gilp. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie. No. 133. May, 1920. [In French.] 



Contribution to a Study of the forms of Bubo ascalaphus in North 

 Africa. By L. Lavauden. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie. No. 134. June, 1920. 



An Amateur Bird Guide for One Visiting Africa. By Dr. Millet- 

 Horsin. (Continued in the two following numbers.) 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie. No. 136. August-September, 

 1920. 



A New Subspecies of Accentor from France. — A Reprint of Harper's 

 article on Prunella modularis mabbotti. 



Birds Observed in Tunis, May 8-June 8, 1920. By M. Morgue. 



Destruction and Reaction. By Rene Deschiens. — Killing of Terns 

 and Gulls as "Game" and the need of a revision of the legal term. 



L'Oiseau. I, No. 6. June, 1920. [In French.] 



The Oriole (Oriolus galbula) in Captivity. By A. Mercier. 



On Trichoglossus rubritorques. By G. Ollivry and A. Decoux. 



Reprint of HorsfalPs paper on the Sage Grouse. 



L'Oiseau. I, No. 7. July, 1920. 



Rearing of Merula boulboul. By Westley T. Page. 



Notes on Methods of Procuring Insects Necessary for Bird Food. By 

 G. Foucher. 



Ornithologische Beobachter. XVII, No. 10. July, 1920. [In 

 French and German.] 



The Taxonomic Signification of Qualitative Characters. By E. Stres- 

 mann. 



Ornithologische Beobachter. XVII, No. 9. June, 1920. 



Report for the Swiss Central Station for Bird-banding for 1917-1918. 

 By A. Hesse. 



