332 \ Recent Literature. Ljuly 



and squamosa in Patagioenas. Following Todd, and we think rightly, 

 the Ground Dove of the Southern States is called Chcemepelia passerina 

 passerina, while the Bermuda form is regarded as identical with C. p. baha- 

 mensis. Melopelia asiatica trudeaui Aud. appears as M. a. mearnsi Ridgw., 

 since Mr. Ridgway considers Audubon's description and plate to represent 

 the eastern form. Audubon's type is in the collection of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (see Cat. Types in Colin. Phila. Acad. 

 Proc. A. N. S. Phila. 1899) and proves, as Mr. Ridgway suggests, to be 

 true asiatica. 



The type of Psittacula lineola Cassin is also in this collection, as recorded 

 in the same paper, yet Mr. Ridg^vay quotes a letter from Prof. Heilprin, 

 written over thirty years ago, to the effect that it had disappeared. 



In a work of such proportions however, it is inevitable that some pul^li- 

 cations are overlooked and the above facts are offered not in a spirit of 

 criticism but to supplement the history of these cases. 



All ornithologists will congratulate themselves as well as Mr. Ridgway 

 upon the appearance of Part VII and will earnestly hope that he may be 

 able to push the remaining parts to an early completion. The families 

 still to be considered, while they contain, as a rule, fewer species and 

 races, have received less critical study than those which have gone before 

 and it is therefore greatly to be desired that we should have the benefit 

 of Mr. Ridgway's careful treatment in them as well as in the Passerine 

 and Picarian groups. — W. S. 



Todd's ' Birds of the Isle of Pines.' ' — Mr. Todd's latest contribution 

 to neotropical ornithological literature is an admirable monograph of the 

 birds of the Isle of Pines. The work is based primarily upon a collection 

 of 842 skins obtained lay Mr. Gustav A. Link of the taxidermic force of the 

 Carnegie Museum during a residence of a year on the island, in 1912 and 

 1913. Mvich additional material was examined, however, and the litera- 

 ture exhaustively studied, so that practically all that is known of the bird 

 life of the island is incorporated in this paper. 



Besides the annotated list which covers 142 species, there is an outline 

 of the Geography and Physiography of the Isle of Pines and notes on 

 ' Climate ' ; ' Previous Work ' ; ' Seasonal Occurrence ' ; ' Faunal Affini- 

 ties ' and ' List of Localities,' as well as several half tone plates of scenery 

 and a map. 



The affinities of the fauna are naturally with that of Cuba. In fact of 

 126 species breeding in western Cuba, So are found also on the Isle of 

 Pines, while eight others are represented there by closely related forms, 

 only one of which is regarded by Mr. Todd as sufficiently distinct to warrant 

 specific rank. 



1 The Birds of the Isle of Pines. By W. E. Clyde Todd. Ann. Carnegie Mus., Vol. X, 

 Nos. 1-2, 1916. pp. 146-296, pi. XXII-XXVII. January 31, 1916 [received, March 6, 

 1916]. 



