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Bangs on a New Quail-Dove from Colombia.'— Mr. Bangs finds that 
the Geotrygon from the Santa Marta region of Colombia, at first referred 
to G. linearis, is subspecifically separable, and he has given to it the 
name Geotrygon linearis infusca. —J. A. A. 
Dugmore’s ‘ Bird-Homes.’* — Mr. Dugmore here enters a compara- 
tively new field, at least for America. While many half-tone illustrations 
of birds’ nests and young birds have been published of late in ornitholog- 
ical journals and elsewhere, Mr. Dugmore is the first to give us a distinc- 
tively illustrated treatise on ‘Bird-Homes.’ As shown by the title page, 
the work is limited to the ‘Land Birds Breeding in the Eastern United 
States’; but of course not all the species are illustrated. Of the forty 
full-page plates, fourteen are in colors, four of these being plates of eggs. 
The plain half-tones are excellent, and the subjects are well chosen. The 
colored half-tones, by the three-plate process, are as a rule far from satis- 
factory, though afew of them are rather attractive, and to some tastes 
may be very pleasing. Their fault is in the method of reproduction, the 
results being surprisingly good considering the low cost. 
‘ Bird-Homes’ consists of two parts, Part I (pp. 1-33) being general 
and introductory, and Part II (pp. 35-183) systematic. The species are 
grouped into categories, under nine chapter headings, according to 
whether the species builds an open, a covered or an arched nest, on the 
ground, in open country or in woods, in bushes, trees, or vines, or in 
holes, and if in holes, whether in trees, walls, banks, etc. The nests of 
about forty species are illustrated, selected to represent all these various 
methods of nesting. The species thus succeed each other without refer- 
ence to their systematic relationships, the chapter grouping, according to 
character and position of the nests, being intended to aid in the identifi- 
cation of the species. A brief description is given of the nest and eggs 
of each species, with a statement of its breeding range, followed by a 
short account of its nesting habits. 
The geographical area covered by ‘ Bird-Homes’ is so extended that 
many of the species are necessarily treated at second hand. We are not 
sure that the author would not have produced a more valuable book if he 
had restricted its scope to his own personal observations, and given these 
‘A New Dove from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. By 
Outram Bangs. Proc. New Engl. Zo6l Club, I. pp. 107-109, May 14, 1900. 
* Bird Homes. | The Nests | Eggs and Breeding Habits of | the Land 
Birds Breeding in the | Eastern United States; with | Hints on the Rearing 
and Pho- | tographing of young Birds | By | A. Radclyffe Dugmore | — | 
Illustrated with Photographs from Nature by the Author | — [Vignette] New 
York | Doubleday & McClure Co. | 1900 — 8vo, pp. i-xvi, 1-183, 40 fulpage 
plates (14 colored), and ro text illustrations. Price, $200 net. 
