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Species,' 'The Mongoose,' and 'The West Indian Avifauna' (pp. 221-228). 

 The 'Annotated List' occupies pp. 228-302, and is followed by nominal 

 lists of species known to breed in the different islands, and by a biblio- 

 graphy of nearly one hundred titles. The list numbers 168 species as of 

 known occurrence, of which 11 are introduced; 5 others are given as of 

 doubtful occurrence, and 3 as 'hypothetical.' Quite a number of the 

 species admitted rest on single records. 



The list is based primarily on observations and collections made by the 

 author during a continuous residence of rather more than a year (August 

 3, 1902-September 22, 1904), and on the literature of the subject, which 

 appears to have been very carefully examined, including such 16th and 

 17th century authors as Rochefort, Ligon, Dutertre, Labat, Hughes, and 

 Sloane. Coccyzus minor vincentis is here described as new, and four others, 

 based on the investigations here recorded, were described by the author in 

 earlier papers, and are in part here redescribed. Besides the very ex- 

 tended remarks on the distribution and habits of the forms here enumer- 

 ated, there are often critical remarks on their relationships and probable 

 origin as birds of these islands. The work altogether shows careful re- 

 search and is an important contribution to West Indian ornithology. — 

 J. A. A. 



Oberholser's A Monograph of the Genus Dendrocincla Gray.' 1 — 

 Of this difficult genus 18 forms are recognized, namely, 12 species and 6 

 additional subspecies. Two species and two subspecies are here described 

 as new, and four names previously current are reduced to synonymy. 

 Specimens of all except two were examined, including the types of seven 

 of them. Dendromanes Sclater, proposed for Dendrocincla anabatina, is 

 treated ''as a simple synonym of Dendrocincla." There is a key to the 

 species and subspecies, and the type locality, distribution, and synonymy 

 of each are given. — J. A. A. 



Beebe's ' The Ostriches and their Allies.' — Apropos of the recent 

 opening of the Ostrich House in the New York Zoological Park, Mr. C. 

 William Beebe, Curator of Birds at the Park, has prepared an excellent 

 popular account of 'The Ostriches and their Allies,' which is published in 

 the Ninth Annual Report of the Society, and also separately. 2 It consists 

 of Part I, a general account of the Apteryges, the Emeus, the Cassowaries, 

 and the Ostriches, and Part II, their external structural adaptations to 

 cursorial habits. The text is a well prepared popular account of these 



1 A Monograph of the Genus Dendrocincla Gray. By Harry C. Oberholser. Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1904, pp. 447-463, June 19, 1904.' 



2 The Ostriches and their Allies. By C. William Beebe, Curator of Birds. Ninth 

 Ann. Rep. New York Zool. Soc, 1904, pp. 203-229. Also separate, 8vo, pp. 32, with 

 8 half-tone plates and 11 text illustrations. 



