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with the sexual and seasonal variations, and, when available, a fairly full 

 biographical account of the species. Although the work is based on 

 a large collection of Philippine specimens, and on extended field experience 

 in the islands, the author has been compelled to rely on other works for 

 such of the species (about 150), particularly among the water birds, as 

 were unrepresented, or inadequately represented, in the 8000 specimens 

 of Philippine birds in the Museum of the Philippine Bureau of Science, 

 due credit of course being given for the borrowed material. Much pre- 

 viously unpublished biographical matter is taken from a manuscript work 

 on Philippine birds prepared some years ago by Messrs. Frank S. Bourns 

 and Dean C. Worcester for publication by the Minnesota Academy of Sci- 

 ences. The classification is that of Sharpe's 'Handlist,' which "is followed 

 as both convenient and well known." The 'Handlist' is also followed in 

 the use of binomial names for all the forms recognized, so that the Philippine 

 ornis here numbers 739 '■ "species," there being no subspecies. 



As already said, Mr. McGregor's 'Manual' is opportune and will be of 

 great use to all students of Philippine ornithology. — J. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Beebe, C. William. (1) Ecology of the Hoat- 

 zin. (Zoological Scientific Contrib. of New York Zool. Soc, Vol. I, No. 1, 

 pp. 45-66.) (2) An Ornithological Reconnaissance of Northeastern 

 Venezuela. {Ibid., No. 3, pp. 67-114.) (3) Racket Formation in Tail- 

 feathers of the Motmots. {Ibid., No. 5, pp. 141-149.) (4) Three Cases of 

 Supernumerary Toe in the Broad-winged Hawk. {Ibid., No. 6, pp. 150- 

 152.) 



Dearborn, Ned. How to Destroy English Sparrows. U. S. Dept. of 

 Agric, Farmers' Bull. No. 383, 1910. 



Grinnell, Joseph. (1) Miscellaneous Records from Alaska. (Condor, 

 Vol. XII, Jan. 1910, pp. 41-43). (2) A New Cowbird of the Genus Molo- 

 thrus, etc. (University of California Publ., Zoology, Vol. V, No. 5, pp. 275- 

 281, Dec. 31, 1909.) (3) Two heretofore unnamed Wrens of the Genus 

 Thryomanes. {Ibid., No. 8, pp. 307-309, Feb. 21, 1910.) (4) The Savannah 

 Sparrow of the Great Basin. {Ibid., pp. 311-316, Feb. 21, 1910.) (5) 

 Birds of the 1908 Alexander Alaska Expedition, etc. {Ibid., No. 12, pp. 

 364-428, March 5, 1910. 



Howard, H. Eliot. The British Warblers, Part 4. December, 1909. 



McGregor, Richard C. A Manual of Phihppine Birds. 8vo, Bureau 

 of Government Laboratories, Manila. 1909. 



Miller, Loye Holmes. (1) Pavo calif ornicus, a fossil Peacock from the 

 Quaternary Asphalt Beds of Rancho La Brea. (University of California 

 Publ., Geology, Vol. V, No. 19, pp. 285-289, August, 1909.) (2) Tera- 

 tornis, a new Avian Genus from Rancho La Brea. {Ibid., No. 21, pp. 305- 

 317, September, 1909). 



1 These are consecutively numbered in the text, while 8 more are added in the " cor- 

 rections and additions " at the end of the volume, increasing the total number to 747. 



