100 Recent Literature. [j"n. 



Ornithological Articles in Other Journals. ^ 



Riley, J. H. Note on Chlorostilbon puruensis Riley. (Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Wash., XXVIII, p. 183, November 29, 1915.) — This recently described 

 species proves to be a Chlorestes close to C. cceruleus of which it may be 

 regarded as a subspecies. 



DeWar, J. M. The Relation of the Oystercatcher to its Natural 

 Environment. (The Zoologist, August-November, 1915.) 



Bell, Alfred. Pleistocene and Later Bird Fauna of Great Britain and 

 Ireland. (The Zoologist, November, 1915.) 



Clarke, Wm. Eagle. The Wren of St. Kilda: Its Status, Plumages, and 

 Habits. (The Scottish Naturalist, October, 1915.) — A good account of 

 Troglodytes troglodytes hirtensis (Seebohm). 



Clarke, John M. Protection of the Sea Fowl of the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 (Report Sixth Ann. Meeting Comm. of Conservation of Canada.)— An 

 able plea for the protection of the colonies at Perce Rocks and Bona venture 

 Island. The same volume contains articles on the same subject by C. 

 Gordon Hewitt and P. A. Taverner. All illustrated by excellent photo- 

 gi-aphs of Cormorants, Gannets, etc. The government is urged to establish 

 these rookeries as well as Pt. Pelee as bird refuges. 



Kerr, J. Graham. Notes on the Habits of the Rhea. (Proc. Royal 

 Phys. Soc, 1915, pp. 200-203.) — In Paraguay. 



Killermann, S. On the Extinct, Mascarine Birds. (Naturwiss. 

 Wochenslirift, XIV, pp. 353-360.) — The Dodo. (In German.) 



Cob urn Charles A. A Study of the Behavior of the Crow, Corvus 

 americanus Aud., by the Multiple Choice Method. (Jour. Anim. Behavior, 

 V. pp. 75-114.) — c/. also do., IV, pp. 185-201. 



Wilkinson, O. J. The Great Crested Grebe. (Wild Life, VII, No. 4, 

 October, 1915.). — Beautiful photographs. 



Selous, E. The Little Grebe. (Wild Life, VII, Nos. 2-4.) — Well 

 illustrated. 



Thayer, G. H. The End of Cory's Shearwater. (Science, September 

 3, 1915.) — Regards it as a synonym of Puffinus kuhli. 



Stone, W. The End is Not Yet! (Science, October 15, 1915.) — Shows 

 that Cory's Shearwater {Puffinus borealis) is not a synonym of P. kuhli 

 and that whether or not it be identical with the Azores bird, P. borealis is 

 the oldest name for any north Atlantic member of the group. 



Ridgway, R. A New Pigeon from Jamaica. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XXVIII, p. 177, November 29, 1915.) — Chlorwnas inornatu exigua. 



Publications Received. — Barrows, H. R. The Histological Basis of 

 the Different Shank Colors in the Domestic Fowl. (Ann. Rept. Maine 

 Agr. Exper. Sta. for 1914, pp. 237-252.) 



' Some of these journals are received in e.xchange, others are e.xamined 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 library from week to week. 



