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attractive portraits of some of the more interesting birds of the Colony, 

 while the 95 text figures illustrate structural characters of many of the 

 genera. 



The classification is the same as that followed by Brabourne and Chubb 

 in theu" ' List of the Birds of South America,' but the nomenclature has 

 been revised where further research rendered it necessary. Three forms 

 are described as new, from specimens in the McConnell collection, viz.: 

 Ortygops noiata duncani (p. 74), Abary River, Creciscus melanophceus 

 niacconnelli (p. 75), Bonasika River, and Ciccaba superciliaris macconnelli 

 (p. 290) Ituribisi River. 



Judging by the first volume Mr. Chubb's book is most welcome, and will 

 be of the greatest value to students of neotropical birds, as well as to the 

 general reader who wishes to ascertain what is known of the habits of the 

 birds of this part of South America. 



The recent activity in the study of the birds of this great southern conti- 

 nent has resulted in such a flood of descriptions of supposed new subspecies 

 that to those not in the closest touch with the work, the whole subject 

 seems a maze. A work, therefore, of the kind before us which brings 

 together all the data bearing upon a particular area, and presents it in a 

 systematic manner, seems especially timely. 



The typography of the volume is good and we congratulate both Mr. 

 Chubb and Mrs. McConnell upon the excellence of the work that they 

 have brought out. — W. S. 



Chapman's ' The Travels of Birds.' ^ — Dr. Chapman's latest con- 

 tribution to popular ornithology is a little text book on bird migration 

 entitled ' The Travels of Birds,' illustrated by text cuts by E. J. Sawyer. 

 The twelve chapters bear the following headings which indicate pretty 

 clearly the subjects which are considered: 'Birds as Travellers '; ' Prepar- 

 ing for the Journey'; 'First Flights'; 'The Bird's Air Line'; 'The 

 Bird's Time-table'; 'The Day Flyers'; 'The Night Flyers'; 'The 

 Travels of the Bobolink ' ; ' Some Famous Bird Travellers ' ; ' The Dangers 

 on the Way'; 'The Bird's Compass'; 'Why Birds Travel.' The style 

 is clear and devoid of all technicalities while the information presented is 

 based upon the author's wide experience and upon the writings of other 

 ornithologists, notably those of the late Wells W. Cooke, to whose memory 

 the little volume is appropriately dedicated. Each chapter concludes 

 with a series of questions bearing upon the subject just considered, entitled 

 ' Suggestions for Study.' The book will form an admirable one for nature 

 study classes in schools or elsewhere, and will give the general reader a 

 clear, ' up to date ' knowledge of one of the most interesting phenomena 

 of bird life.— W. S. 



1 The Travels of Birds. Our Birds and their Journeys to Strange Lands. Frank M. 

 Chapman. The Bird's Historisw. New York and London. D. Appleton and Company. 

 [1916]. 12mo. pp. 1-160. Cloth. 40 cents net. 



