^ 'iQlO J Recent Literature. 479 



Sclater's Revised List of the Birds of Jamaica.' — The present List 

 is a "second edition" of the Ust prepared by the brothers Alfred and Edward 

 Newton for the 'Handbook of Jamaica' for 1881, brought down to date. 

 The principal papers on Jamaican birds are cited in the introductory, 

 special commendation being given of Mr. W. E. D. Scott's 'Observations 

 on the Birds of Jamaica' published in 'The Auk' for 1891, 1892, and 1893, 

 and made in the winter of 1890-91. The present list numbers 194 species, 

 of which 99 are given as constant residents, 52 as winter visitors, and 43 

 as occasional visitors. Of the 99 constituting the first class, 42 are abso- 

 lutely confined to Jamaica, and 57 range more or less widely outside of the 

 island. The list is briefly annotated, in reference to the manner and 

 season of occurrence of the species, and there are references under each 

 to the principal places of previous record. The nomenclature is not modern. 

 The list is, however, a useful and convenient summary of Jamaican orni- 

 thology. — J. A. A. 



MacSwain's 'A Catalogue of the Birds of Prince Edward Island.' — 



This list,^ based on the field notes of the author covering the period 1895- 

 1907, contains 203 species, with supplementary lists containing 17 species 

 previously recorded by other observers, making a total of 220 species thus 

 far known to occur on the island. One, however, is entered twice, once in 

 the main list as Ammodramus caudacutus subvirgatus and again in the 

 supplementary list as Ammodramus nelsoni subvirgatus! The nomencla- 

 ture is that of the second edition of the A. O. U. Check-List, and a sub- 

 sequent change in the name of this form has evidently misled the author. 

 The list is briefly annotated, and is followed by migration tables giving the 

 dates of arrival of some 30 species, as observed by the author, from 1895 

 to 1905. Of special interest is the following record of the Storm Petrel 

 {Procellaria 'pelagica, p. 572): "One was stuffed by Calder and sent to 

 the museum of the Truro Academy in the autumn of 1905. Two were 

 blown ashore on the north coast of the Island during the great November 

 gales of 1906, and were brought to Mr. Calder." It may be noted that 

 Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorkoa) is not included in the main list but 

 is recorded in the second supplemental list as "Occasionally blown ashore 

 during storms (Bain)." An examination of the specimen at the Truro 

 Academy by a competent expert would be of interest, as there seems to be 

 no other positive record of the occurrence of the Storm Petrel on the 

 American coast. — J. A. A. 



» Revised List of the Birds of Jamaica. By P. L. Sclater. Dr. Sc, F. R. S. 8vo, 

 pp. 24. Reprinted from tlie 'Handboolf of Jamaica' for 1910. 



2 A Catalogue of the Birds of Prince Edward Island. By John MacSwain, 

 Charlottetown, P. E. I. Proc. and Trans. Nova Scotia Institute of Science, 

 Vol. XI, part 4, pp. 570-592. August, 1908. 



