VO, "wi9 XVI ] R ecen t Literature, 309 



Grus, names which by the way are synonyms. As we have stated before 

 we can see no result but confusion in departing from the generally recog- 

 nized A. O. U. names in local lists of North American species. 



Revisory Notes on the List of the Birds of Nebraska. By Myron W. 

 Swenk. — In this list too we find names which have not been authorized 

 by the A. O. U. 'Check-List,' 



The Oologist. XXXV, No. 12. December, 1918. 



Observations on a Family of Winter Wrens. By Alex. D. McGrew. — 

 Data on the feeding of the young, with photographs of the female, at 

 Endeavor, Pa. 



The Oologist. XXXVI, No. 1. January, 1919. 



Some Nesting Birds of the Palisades Interstate Park. By P. M. Silloway. 



The Ibis. (XI Series), I, No. 1. January, 1919. 



Notes on Collections of Birds in the British Museum, from Ecua- 

 dor, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. Part I. Tinamidae — Rallidee. By 

 Charles Chubb. — This report covers collections made by Perry O. Simonds 

 in the countries mentioned which have been presented to the Museum by 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas; as well as the Goodfellow Ecuador Collection and 

 one made by the late Lord Brabourne in northwestern Peru. 



The following new forms are described. Crypturus garleppi aifini^ (p. 8), 

 Rio Blanca, Bolivia; Chamoepetes goudotii antioquiana (p. 22), Valdivia, 

 Antioquia, Colombia; Odontophorus guianensis simonsi (p. 26), San 

 Ernesto, Mapiri, Bolivia; 0. g. panamensis (p. 26), Panama; O. g. buckleyi 

 (p. 27), Sarayacu, eastern Ecuador; Zenaida auriculata noronha (p. 36), 

 Fernando Noronha Island; Leptoptila verreauxi brevipennis (p. 45), Trini- 

 dad; Pardirallus rityrhynchus tschudii (p. 50), Junin, central Peru; 

 Ar amides cajanea grahami (p. 53); Para. 



Birds from the North of France. By Capt. A. W. Boyd. — An anno- 

 tated list covering a year's service in the British Army in the departments 

 of Pas de Calais, Somme and Nord. 



On One of the Four Original Pictures from Life of the Reunion or White 

 Dodo. By Lord Rothschild. — An interesting historical sketch with 

 reproduction of the picture. 



A Note on Capt. Beebe's Monograph of the Pheasants. By H. J. 

 Elwes. — A tribute to the work, with some important criticism on the value 

 of certain races there recognized. 



On the Eclipse Plumage of Sporophila pileata. By F. E. Blaauw. — Has 

 distinct winter and summer plumages. 



List of the Birds of the Canary Islands, with Detailed Reference to the 

 Migratory Species and the Accidental Visitors. — Part I. Corvidae-Sylvii- 

 dae. By David A. Bannerman. — This is a remarkably complete treatment 

 of the subject, the author having made an exhaustive study of the litera- 

 ture and taken a number of trips to the islands. The present publication 

 is preliminary to a proposed book on the subject. 



In the reviews the editor of ' The Ibis ' honors us by crediting ' The Auk ' 

 with some 300 more pages than actually appeared in the 1918 volume; we 



