214 Recent Literature. [April 



in 1914 and 1915. These include representatives of a number of different 

 species, Gulls, Titmice, Starlings, etc. In another paper ^ he records the 

 occurrence of Puffinus gravis in the Netherlands for the first time while 

 a third contribution ^ consists of a description of a new Bird of Paradise, 

 Falcinellus meyeri albicans (p. 228) from the Snow Mountains of Central 

 New Guinea. — W. S. 



Didier's ' Le Macareux du Kamtschatka.' ' — This brochure consists 

 of a brief monograph of the Crested Puffin, with descriptions of birds in 

 various stages of plumage, accounts of nest, egg, habits, distribution, synon- 

 ymy, etc. There is also a lithographic plate of the adult birds and a cut 

 of the egg. — W. S. 



Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies 

 for 1915.'' — This report shows the National Association, the ' parent body ' 

 of bird protectionists in America, to be in excellent condition. About 

 $100,000. of income has been expended during the year in the interests of 

 wild bird life. Besides the secretary's report which touches briefly upon 

 the various lines of work carried on during the year, we have reports of 

 field agents, in Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio and the Pacific States; 

 the report of H. K. Job, head of the department of Applied Ornithology, of 

 Mary S. Sage, organizer in schools, and thirty-nine reports from State 

 Societies and independent clubs. In conclusion there is the report of the 

 treasurer and the list of members. This report as well as the substantial 

 Audubon department in each number of ' Bird-Lore ' will prove interesting 

 reading to all who have at heart the growth and development of the great 

 work of bird protection. — W. S. 



Recent Bird Biographies by Miss Stanwood. — Numerous sketches 

 of birds and their nesting activities have appeared during the last few years 

 from the pen of Miss Stanwood, all of them evidently based upon careful 

 study and written in a style that is pleasing and yet serious enough to 

 suit the importance of many of the facts that are recorded. These sketches 

 can well be taken as models for others who have the time to make careful 

 studies of the activities of birds' nests, and ability to set them down in bio- 

 graphical sketches. Miss Stanwood has recently contributed an excellent 

 account of the nesting of the Red-breasted Nuthatch,^ a species that but 



1 Een voor de Nederlandsche fauna nieuwe stormvoglesoort Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly) 

 Ardea, 1915, pp. 130-131. 



2 On a New Bird of Paradise from Central New Guinea, Falcinellus meyeri albicans. 

 Zool. Mededeelingen, Deel I, Afl. 3^. 



' Le Macareux der Kamtschatka {Lunda cirrhala (Pall.)) Dr. Robert Didier. Suppl. 

 au No. 82 de la Revue Fran?aise d'Ornithologie. 191G. pp. 1-16. PI. I. 



♦ Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies for 1915. Bird-Lore, 



1915, pp. 493-560. 



' The Red-breasted Nuthatch. By Cordelia J. Stanwood. Home Progress, January, 



1916, pp. 213-215. 



