144 Recent Literature. [| a u n k 



Ornithological Articles in Other Journals. 1 



Shufeldt, R. W. Our Big Colonial Eagle.— Terror of the Monkeys 

 of the Philippines. (American Forestry, September, 1918). — On Pithe- 

 cophaga jeffreyi, with illustration of the head and foot natural size. 



Oberholser, H. C. The Scientific Name of the Passenger Pigeon. 

 (Science, November 1, 1918). — Columba canadensis Linn, based on the 

 female bird has page priority over C. migratoria of the same author, so that 

 the proper name of the bird is Ectopisies canadensis. 



Clarke, John M. Alleged Rediscovery of the Passenger Pigeon. 

 (Science, November 1, 1918). — At Amsterdam. N. Y., October 1, 1918, 

 seen by S. M. Rasmussen and two students near West Galway. Mr. 

 Rasmussen had however seen the species but once before. 



Thayer, Abbott H. Camouflage. (The Scientific Monthly, December, 

 1918). An interesting paper on this subject. The fact should not be lost 

 sight of however that the mere possibility of placing a bird or animal 

 in a position where its coloration helps to conceal it, in no sense proves 

 that this is a habitual pose of the animal or that this has evolved its 

 pattern of coloration (cf. p. 123 anlea). 



Taverner, P. A. The Gannets of Bonaventure Island. (The Ottawa 

 Naturalist, May, 1918.) 



Williams, M. Y. Brief Notes on the Fauna of Lambton County, Ont. 

 (Ibid.). 



Macnamara, Charles. The Chimney Swift. (Ibid, September, 1918.) 

 — An excellent article dealing especially with the study of a nest built on 

 the wire guard to an open fireplace in a closed summer cottage. Illus- 

 trated by photographs. 



Tothill, J. D. Diving Habit of the Spotted Sandpiper. (Ibid.) 



Baxter, Evelyn V., and Rintoul, Leonora J. Report on Scottish 

 Ornithology in 1917 Including Migration. (Scottish Naturalist, July- 

 August, 1918.) 



Baynes, Ernest Harold. A Ruffed Grouse as a Hostess. (Bull. Amer. 

 Game Prot. Asso., July, 1918.) 



McAtee, W. L. A Suggestion for Wild Duck Farmers. (Ibid.) 



Quarles, E. A. The Wild Turkey at Woodmont (Md.) (Ibid.)— 

 With full account of breeding the birds in captivity in order to keep pre- 

 serves fully stocked. 



Anderson, J. C. Further Notes on New Zealand Bird Song: Kapiti 

 Island. (Trans, and Proc. New Zealand Inst., 1, pp. 282-295.) 



Duerden, J. E. Absence of Xenia in Ostrich Eggs. (Jour, of Heredity 

 IX, No. 6, pp. 243-245.) — South African Ostrich Hens mated with North 



1 Some of these journals are received in exchange, others are examined in the library 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Editor is under obligations to 

 Mr. J. A. G. Rehn for a list of ornithological articles contained in the accessions to the 

 lihrary from week to week. 



