472 Recent Literature. [oct. 



In the final revision of the manuscript for the press a few changes were 

 made subsequent to the pubhcation of the last (Fifteenth) supplement, 

 consisting in the addition of one species and one subspecies, the elimination 

 of one or two species and subspecies (among others the Harpy Eagle), the 

 reduction of one species to a subspecies, and one change of nomenclature.' 

 A word should be said, however, in reference to the revision of the 

 ranges of the species and subspecies. This has entailed a vast amount of 

 original research, not contemplated by the committee at the beginning 

 of its work, the revision having for its basis not only all published records 

 but the data collected during the last twenty-five years by the Bureau of 

 Biological Survey, for the most part unpublished. The committee, and 

 all who may make use of the Check-List, owe an immense debt of grati- 

 tude to the Chief of the Survey and his assistants for the vast amount of 

 labor they have expended in perfecting this important feature of the 

 Check-List, and for use of the map showing the life zones of North America, 

 revised to date. — J. A. A. 



Wayne's 'Birds of South Carolina.' - — Through thirty years of almost 

 continuous observation in the vicinity of Charleston, the author of the 

 present work has acquired a knowledge of the ornithology of the coast 

 region of South Carolina that makes the field peculiarly his own. Notes 

 from his pen regarding the birds of this region have appeared in 'The Auk' 

 and other ornithological journals with increasing frequency since about 

 1886, adding some thirty species to the known avifauna of South Caro- 

 lina, correcting numerous erroneous records for the State, and greatly in- 

 creasing our knowledge of the life histories of many of the rarer species. 

 Mr. Wayne began serious work in ornithology at the time of Mr. William 

 Brewster's visits to the vicinity of Charleston in 1883, 1884, and 1885, 

 where they together rediscovered Swainson's Warbler, and made known 

 its nest and eggs and breeding habits. As their relations have since been 

 more or less intimate it is very appropriate that the present volume should 

 be dedicated to Mr. Brewster. 



The author tells us that his original plan was to treat only the birds of 

 the coast region, but through the solicitation of ornithological friends he 

 has added "an annotated list of additional species of the Piedmont and 

 Alpine regions, not found in the coast region." The book relates mainly, 



1 Added: (1) Falco tinnunculus, (2) Tangavius csneus ceneus; added to Hypo- 

 thetical List: (1) Anas rubripes tristis, (2) Pisobia ruficolHs. Omitted: (1) 

 Sterna fuscata crissalis, (2) Mgialitis meloda circumcincta, (3) Thrassaetos harpyia, 

 (4) Cnlaptes chrysoides hrunnescens. Reduced to subspecies: (1) Macrorhamphua 

 scolopaceus. Changes in nomenclature: Falco dominicensis changed to Falco 

 sparverioides, as in first edition. 



2 Contributions from the Charleston Museum 1 Edited by Paul M. Rea, Direc- 

 tor 1 I 1 Birds I of | South Carolina | By Arthur Trezevant Wayne 1 Honorary 

 Curator of Birds in the Charleston Museiun | With an Introduction by the Editor | — | 

 Charleston, S. C. | 1910 — 8vo. pp. xxi +254. Paper. $2.75; cloth, $3.25. 



