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Cherrie, George K. Some apparently undescribed Birds from the 

 Collection of the Roosevelt South American Expedition. (Bull. Amer. 

 Mas. Nat. Hist., XXXV, Art. XVII, pp. 183-190. May 20, 1916.) 



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

 and Halnts. (The Scottish Naturalist, October, 1915.) 



Forbush, Edward Howe. (1) The Domestic Cat. Mass. State Board 

 Agr., Economic Biology — Bull. No. 2, pp. 1-112, pi. I-XX. Boston, 1916. 

 (2) Eighth Ann. Report of the State Ornithologist, For the Year 1915 

 (Mass. State Board of Agr., 63d Ann. Rept. Dec. 8, 1915.) 



Hartert, Ernst. (1) Notes on Pigeons. (Nov. Zool. XXIII, pp. 77-88. 

 April, 1916.) (2) Notes on Glareola. {Ihid., pp. 89-91.) (3) Concerning 

 the Occurrence of Erolia bairdii in South-west Africa. {Ibid., p. 91.) 

 (4) What is the Correct Name of the " Long-toed Stint "? (Ibid., pp. 

 92-93.) (5) On the Forms of Burhinus (rdicnemus. {Ibid., p. 93.) (6) 

 On the Birds Figured in the Atlas to Krusenstern's Voyage Round the 

 World. {Ibid., pp. 94-95.) (7) Errors in Quotations. {Ibid., pp. 112- 

 114.) 



Hersey, F. Seymour. A List of the Birds Observed in Alaska and 

 Northeastern Siberia During the Summer of 1914. (Smithson. Misc. 

 Collns., 66, No. 2, 1916.) 



Jacobs, J. Warren. Observations by the Way. The Glory of a Man 

 who has killed over Four Thousand Hawks in his Lifetime. 4-page folder, 

 privately printed. 



Matthews, Gregory M. The Birds of Australia. Vol. V, part II. 

 London. Fel)ruary 29, 1916. 



Murphy, Robert C. and Harper, Francis. Two New Diving Petrels. 

 (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXV, Art. VII, pp. 65-67. April 1, 1916.) 



Noble, G. K. A New Dove from St. Croix, Danish West Indies. 

 (Proc. N. E. Zool. Club, V, pp. 101-102. Oct. 4, 1915.) 



Pearl, Raymond. (1) Fecundity in the Domestic Fowl and the Selec- 

 tion Problem. (Amer. Nat. Feb., 1916, pp. 89-105.) (2) Seventeen 

 Years Selection of a Character Showing Sex-Linked Mendelian Inheritance. 

 {Ibid., Oct. 1915, pp. 595-609.) (3) Mea.surement of the Winter Cycle in 

 the Egg Prodjjction of Domestic Fowl. (Jour. Agr. Research., U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., V, No. 10, Dec. 6, 1915.) 



Richardson, E. W. A Veteran Naturalist. Being the Life and Work 

 of W. B. Tegetmeier. Witherby & Co., London, 1916. 8vo., pp. i-xxiv 

 + 1-232. Price 10s. net. 



Ridgway, Robert. The Birds of North and Middle America. Part 

 VII. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50. Washington, 1916. pp. i-xiii + 

 1-543, pis. i-xxiii. 



Sclater, W. L. Zoological Record, Vol. LI, 1914. Aves. Printed for 

 the Zoological Society of London. January, 1916. pp. 1-77. Price, 6s. 



Shufeldt, R. W. (1) The National Zoological Park at Washington. 

 (Scient. Amer. Suppl., No. 2100, April 1, 1916.) (2) The Zoological Gar- 

 dens of Melbourne. {Ibid., No. 2095. February 26, 1916.) (3) Nature- 



