474 Recent Literature. [bet. 



his conservatisms in such matters is admirable, and has resulted in a solid 

 foundation for the addition of future increments to our knowledge of 

 South Carolina birds. — • J. A. A. 



Scott's Ornithology of Patagonia. Part II. — We have recently re- 

 ceived Part II of the volume devoted to Ornithology in the Reports of 

 the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899,1 issued 

 March 3, 1910. Part I (pp. 1-112) was issued in 1904, the long interval 

 between the publication of Parts I and II being due mainly to Mr. Scott's 

 long continued ill health.- As part I was noticed at some length in this 

 journal (Vol. XXII, Jan., 1905, pp. 96, 97), in which the origin and general 

 character of the work was fully stated, it is sufficient to say that Part II 

 conforms to the standard established in Part I, and deals with the families 

 Procellariidse, Laridse, Stercorariidse, Chionididae, Thinocorythidse, and 

 Charadriidse " (= Hsematopodidae, Aphrizidse, Charadriidse, Scolopacidse) . 

 The nomenclature and classification are naturally the same as in Sharpe's 

 'Handlist of Birds.' As in Part I, the bibliographic citations are very 

 full down to about 1902, but we miss references to the reports of the later 

 Antarctic expeditions, as the Scotch, French, German and Swedish, pub- 

 lished from about 1904 to 1908, and to Godman's recent 'Monograph of 

 the Petrels.' References are made, however, to a few important works 

 and papers published as late as 1909, and others in 1907. 



The illustrations are mainly text figures of heads, feet, wings, tails, etc., 

 but comprise about a dozen full-length figures, drawn by H. Gronvold, 

 and mostly printed as uncolored full-page plates, numbered consecutively 

 with the text illustrations as figures. 



The work forms an exceedingly useful compendium of Patagonian 

 ornithology, and we hope that the manuscript was left by the author in 

 such shape that its completion will be only a matter of time. — J. A. A. 



A Biography of William MacGillivray.' — The personality of William 

 MacGillivray is of special interest to American ornithologists through his 



1 J. Pierpont Morgan Publication Fund | — | Reports of | The Princeton 

 University Expeditions ] to Patagonia, 1896-1899 | J. B. Hatcher, in Cliarge | 

 Edited by i WilUam B. Scott | Blair Professor of Geology and Palaeontology, 

 Princeton University | Volume II — Ornithology | Part II. | Procellariidse — 

 CharadriidiB | By | William Earl Dodge Scott | Princeton University | associated 

 with I R. Bowdler Sharpe | British Museum of Natural History | Princeton, 

 N. J. I The University | Stuttgard ]' E. Schweizerbartsche Verlangshandlung 

 (E. Nogele) I 1910 — 4to, pp. 113-344, fig. 67-174. "Issued March 3, 1910." 



2 Mr. Scott, we regret to announce, died August 23, 1910. (See below, p. 486.) 



3 Life of I William MacGiUivray | M. A., L. L. D., F. R. S. E.; Ornithologist; 

 Professor of | Natural History, Marischal College and 1 University, Aberdeen | 

 By William MacGillivray, W. S. | Author of "Rob Lindsay and his School," etc. | 

 With a Scientific Appreciation | by J. Arthur Thomson | Regius Professor of 

 Natural History, Aberdeen University I With Illustrations | "In the eye of 

 Nature he has lived." | London | John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. | 1910 — Svo, 

 pp. XV +222, ^nd 12 half-tone plates. IDs 6d. net. 



