126 Recent Literature. [jan. 



A Collecting Trip to Diomede Island. By John Koren. 



Notes on the Nesting of Bobwhite at Flowerfield, L. I. By John Lewis 

 Childs. — With half-tone plate of nest. 



Wilson's Plover. By Henry Thurston. — At Tampa Bay, Fla. 



The Depredations of Cats on Muskeget Island. By G. K. Noble. — 

 Cats left by inhabitants of hunters' shacks destroy many nesting terns. 



Long Island Bird Notes. By John Lewis Childs and Henry Thurston. 



Notes Extending Dates of Arrival and Departure of Certain Species on 

 Long Island. By Henry Thurston. — Notes on 23 species. 



Long Island Notes. By J. T. Nichols and R. C. Murphy. — Notes on 

 51 species. 



Two hand colored plates of a set of eggs of the Knot and the head of the 

 immature Carohna Paroquet illustrate the number. 



The Oologist.i Vol. XXX. No. 10. October 15, 1913. 



Birds seen on a Long Journey. By A. C Read. — A nominal hst of 

 species seen en route from Isle of Pines to Montreal Canada and return. 



The Oologist. Vol. XXX. No. 11. November 15, 1913. 



Wintering of the Catbird at Pittsburg, Pa. By Thomas D. Burleigh. 



The Northern Pileated Woodpecker. By S. S. Dickey. — Nesting in 

 Huntingdon Co., Penna. 



Unusual Winter Birds. By Thomas D. Burleigh. 



The Ibis.2 X Series. Vol. I. No. 4. October, 1913. 



Notes on Birds around Mpumu, Uganda. By L. M. Seth-Smith. — 

 Annotated list of 174 species with colored plate of eggs and half-tone of 

 Plalystira cyanea on its nest. 



Corrections to the ' Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the 

 British Museum.' By Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain. — This contribution covers 

 only the palsearctic species. 



Notes and Observations on the Painted Snipe {Rostratula capensis) in 

 Ceylon. By J. O. Beven. — An interesting account of this bird which is 

 one of comparatively few species in which the female is larger and more 

 brightly colored than the male. 



Notes on the Vultures found in the neighborhood of Simla and adjacent 

 ranges of the Himalayas. By P. T. L. Dodsworth. — A valuable contribu- 

 tion to the life history and distribution of seven species of these birds 

 which on account of their large size and repulsive nature have been but 

 little studied. It is pointed out that a lack of satisfactory specimens 

 renders it impossible to settle finally the question of the identity of Gyps 

 fulvus and G. fulvescens. 



A few Remarks on the European Certhiidse. By CoUingwood Ingram. 

 — Six subspecies are recognized of which Certhia familiaris pyrenaica from 

 the upper forests of the Pyrenees is described as new. 



1 Edited and published by R. M. Barnes, Lacon, 111. 



« Edited for the British Ornithologists' Union, by W. L. Sclater. Published by 

 R. H. Porter, 7 Princess St., Cavendish Sq., W., London. 



