°'l9l6 J Recent Literature. 343 



Some Experiences in Attracting Birds. — The Nesting of a Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch. By Henry S. Shaw, Jr. 



Notes on Plumages of North American Birds. By F. M. Chapman. — 

 Thrasher, Catbird and Mockingbird. 



Editorial Obituary of Wells W. Cooke, with portrait. 



The Condor. XVIII, No. 2. March-April, 1916. 



Sea Gulls at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. By Joseph 

 Mailliard. — Numerous photographs. 



Characteristic Birds of the Dakota Prairies. IV. On the Lakes. By 

 Florence Merriam Bailey. 



The Farallon Rails of San Diego County. By L. M. Huey. 



The Nutcrackers of Yellowstone Park. By M. P. Skinner. 



A Chapter in the Life History of the Wren Tit. By W. C. Newberry. 



The New Museum of Compai'ative Oology. By W. L. Dawson. 



Notes on Some Land Birds of Tillamook County, Oregon. By S. G. 

 Jewett. 



The Oologist. XXXIII, No. 3. March 15, 1916. 



Entire number devoted to instructions for the preparation and care 

 of eggs and nests. 



The Oologist. XXXIII, No. 4. AprU 15, 1916. 



The Northern Pileated Woodpecker. By S. S. Dickey — Nesting: 

 habits in Pennsylvania. 



Bluebird. VIII, No. 3. February, 1916. 



Good illustrated articles on the nesting of the Red-winged Blackbird 

 and Whip-poor-will by Edw. L. Jack. 



Bluebird. VIII, No. 4. March, 1916. 



A Rare Musician. By Cordelia J. Stanwood — White-throated Sparrow. 



The Ibis. X series. IV, No. 2. April, 1916. 



A List of Birds collected in Uganda and British East Africa, with Notes 

 on their Nesting and other Habits. — Part I. By V. G. L. van Someren. 

 — Annotated list of 228 species exclusive of the Passeres. 



A Note on the Emperor Goose {Philacte canagica) and on the Australian 

 Teal {Nettion castaneum). By F. E. Blaauw. 



Bird-parasites and Bird-phylogeny. By L. Harrison. — A striking paper. 

 The classification of the Tublnares constructed entirely from a study of 

 their parasitic Mallophaga corresponds almost exactly with that of Forbes 

 ba.sed upon the structure of the birds. The author finds transference of 

 parasites from one kind of bird to another very rare and that their evolu- 

 tion has been much slower than in the case of their hosts. 



On the Coloration of the Mouths of Birds. By C. F. M. Swynnerton. — 

 An interesting discussion of warning and directive coloration. 



On Some New Guinea Bird-names. By G. M. Mathews. — In this 

 discussion of the nomenclature of Ogilvie Grant's recent report on the 

 birds collected by the B. O. U. Expedition to New Guinea we note the 

 following new names, Mimeia granti (p. 297) for Oriolus striatus Q. and G. 



In a reply to this criticism Mr. Ogilvie Grant, admits some of the errors 



