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Recent J^iterature. I April 



X\\i \3\\\\.t\ Slates N.itional MuseLim Mi-. Ritijjway* gives very full and ex- 

 plicit directions for collecting birds for scientific purposes, under the fol- 

 lowing subheadings: (i) 'General Remarks,' (2) 'Outfit for Collecting,' 

 (3) 'Procuring Speciinens,' (4) 'Preparing and Preserving Specimens,' 

 (5) 'Packing Specimens for Shipment,' and (6) 'Records.' 



Captain Bendire, in a paper of ten pagesf gives similar diiections for 

 collecting, preparing, and preserving birds' eggs, and nests. Both papers 

 are illustrated with cuts of implements to be employed, etc., and having 

 been prepared by experts of long experience may be relied upon as being 

 in the highest degree trustworthy. — J. A. A. 



Stejneger on a Collection of Kirds from Japan. J — In a paper of about 

 ten pages Dr. Stejneger gives notes on a first instalment of birds from the 

 Science College Museum of Tokyo, Japan, sent him for examination. 

 Of some thirty-five species here annotated several prove to be additions 

 to the Japanese avifauna. Among these is Buhveria buhveri, Falco 

 pealei. Emberiza leticocephala, and E. pusilla. Important critical notes 

 occur in relation to the species oi P/iaetoii and Ci/culiis.- — J. A. A. 



Stejneger on the Cubital Coverts in the Birds of Paradise and Bower 

 Birds. § — This paper is apropos of Mr. Goodchild's paper on 'The Cubital 

 Coverts of the Euornithse in Relation to Taxonomy' (Proc. Roy. Phys. 

 Soc. Edinb., X, pp. 317-333, pi- xv). Dr. Stejneger finds that the arrange- 

 ment of the cubital coverts in these birds conforms to that in the other 

 Passeres, instead of to that of the Cj'pselifonnes, as claimed by Mr. Good- 

 child. Dr. Stejneger's examinations thus tend rather to strengthen Mr. 

 Goodchild's estimate of the considerable value of the arrangement of the 

 cubital coverts in birds as a taxonomic character. — J. A. A. 



Stone on the Birds of Harvey's Lake, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. || 



Mr. Stone gives an annotated list .of 54 species observed June 15-20, 

 1891, prefaced by an account of the position and general character of the 

 region in question, and remarks on its faunal relations. It is " situated 



♦Directions for Collecting Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Part A of the Bulletin of 

 the United States National Museum, No. 39. 1891. 8vo. pp. 27. 



tDirections for Collecting, Preparing, and Preserving Birds' Eggs and Nests. By 

 Charles E. Bendire, Part D of Bulletin of the United StatesNational Museum, No. 39. 

 1891. 8vo. pp. 10. 



JNotes on Japanese Birds contained in the Science College Museum, Imperial Uni- 

 versity, Tokyo, Japan. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XIV, 1891, 

 pp. 489-498. 



^S Notes on the Cubital Coverts in the Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Ibid.. 

 pp. 499, 500. 



II The Summer Birds of Harvey's Lake, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, with Remarks 

 on the Faunal Position of the Region. By Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1891, pp. 431-438. 



