21o Recent Literature. lApril 



la au article ou 'Pests and disease of the cocoauut palm'^ the same 

 author notes that a small cockatoo of the Solomon Islands, which from the 

 description is Cacatua ducorpsi (fide Alex Wetmore), does a great deal of 

 damage by gnawing holes in small green cocoanuts. — W. L. M. 



The Ornithological Journals. 



Bird-Lore. XVII, No. G. November-December, 1915. 



The Behavior of the Least Bittern. By Arthur A. Allen. — Excellent 

 illustrations from photographs. 



A Family of North Dakota Marsh Hawks. By Florence M. Bailey. 



Grouse Camp-Mates. By Roy C' Andrews. — Spruce Grouse in the 

 AdLrondacks. 



The Nuthatches are the subject of the colored plate, with notes on 

 migration and plumage of the several species. 



The Educational Leaflet, by T. G. Pearson, treats of the Surf Scoter. 



In the Audubon Society department there is a well illustrated article 

 ' Cruising the Klamath.' 



Bird-Lore. XVIII, No. 1. January-February, 1916. 



Some Canadian Grouse. By H. H. Pittman. 



The Chickadees are figured in the colored plate and their migration and 

 plumage discussed. 



Bird-Lore's Sixteenth Christmas Census covers 25 pages. 



Educational Leaflet, The Shoveller. By T. G. Pearson. 



The Condor. XVII, No. 6. November-December, 1915. 



The Yellow-billed Loon, a Problem in Migration. By W. W. Cooke. 



Notes on the Nesting of the White-tailed Ptarmigan in Colorado. By 

 W. C. Bradbm-y. 



Characteristic Birds of the Dakota Prairies. II. Along the Lake 

 Borders. By Florence Merriam Bailey. 



A Convenient Collecting Gun. By L. H. Miller. 



Further Remarks on the Kern Red-wing. By J. Mailliard. 



Nesting of the White-tailed Kite at Sespe, Ventura County, California. 

 By Lawrence Peyton. 



Additional Observations on the Birds of the Lower Colorado Valley in 

 California. By A. B. Howell and A. Van Rossem. 



The Condor. XVIII, No. 1. January-February, 1916. 



Philadelphia to the Coast in Early Days, and the Development of 

 Western Ornithology Prior to 1850. By Witmer Stone. 



Characteristic Buds of the Dakota Prairies. III. Among the Sloughs 

 and Marshes. By Florence Merriam Bailey. 



New and Interesting Bird Records from Oregon. By S. G. Jewett. 



« Science Bull. No. 2, Dept. Agr. N! S. Wales. 3d Ed., July 1914, p. 54. 



