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experience of most of us, but we have long desired just such a vivid and in- 

 timate picture of this wonderful tropic country as Capt. Beebe has given us. 



The title of the little book is explained in the first chapter. The author 

 had played his part in the great struggle that has just come to a close in 

 Europe and after the horrors of war he says " the mind seeks amelioration 

 — some symbol of worthy content and peace — and for my part I turn 

 with all desire to the jungles of the tropics. . . . The peace of the jungle 

 is beyond all telling." 



The chapters entitled, ' Sea-wrack ' and ' Islands,' cover the voyage to 

 British Guiana with visits to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados; while the 

 others: 'The Pomeroon Trail,' 'A Hunt for Hoatzins'; ' Hoatzins at 

 Home ' ; 'A Wilderness Laboratory ' ; ' The Convict Trail ' ; ' With an 

 Army of Ants " Somewhere " in the Jungle ', and ' Jungle Night,' treat 

 of the Bartica District, British Guiana, and that on ' A Yard of Jungle ' 

 relates to Para at the mouth of the Amazon. All but three of the chapters 

 have appeared in ' The Atlantic Monthly ' and the many who enjoyed 

 reading them there will be glad to have them brought together in the 

 handy volume. — W. S. 



Riley on a Collection of Birds from Northeastern Siberia. 1 — Mr. 



Copley Amory, Jr., accompanied the Koren Expedition to the Kolyma 

 River region of northeastern Siberia in 1914 and obtained 228 specimens of 

 birds and a few eggs which were all presented to the National Museum and 

 are here reported upon by Mr. Riley. As Thayer and Bangs had already 

 described a collection made by Mr. Koren on a previous expedition to the 

 same region it was not to be expected that any new forms would be in- 

 cluded in the present material, but many notes of interest on plumage and 

 relationship are presented as well as some field notes by Mr. Amory. 

 Seventy-six species are listed and of all but one of these specimens were 

 obtained. — W. S. 



Shufeldt on the Skeleton of the Kea Parrot. 2 — Dr. Shufeldt ha9 had 

 the opportunity of studying the skeleton of a specimen of Neslor notabilis 

 recently received at the National Zoological Park, in a shipment of nine 

 individuals presented by the New Zealand Government, this individual 

 having died en route. He has prepared ten admirable photographs show- 

 ing all the portions of the skeleton, and these have been excellently repro- 

 duced. There is also a detailed description of the bones, covering thirteen 

 pages, in which there is occasional comparison with Ara chloroptera and 

 Amazona and with Mivart's figure of the tongue of Lorius flavopalliatus . 



1 Annotated Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made by Mr. Copley Amory, Jr., in 

 Northeastern Siberia. By J. H. Biley. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 54, pp. 607-626. 

 (Issued October 28, 1918.) 



2 The Skeleton of the "Kea Parrot" of New Zealand (Neslor nolabilis). The Emu, 

 XVIII, Part I, July 1, 1918, pp. 25-43. 



