^°'m4^^] Recent Literature. 273 



The Ornithological Journals.' 



Bird Lore. Vol. XVI. No. 1. January-February, 1914. 



Impressions of the Voices of Tropical Birds. By L. A. Fuertes. Second 

 paper — Tinamous, Partridges and Solitaires. — These delightful papers 

 illustrated by bird portraits drawTi in the author's well known style, give 

 one a more vivid idea of neotropical bird life than anything that has ap- 

 peared for a long time. 



Notes on How to Start a Colony of Purple Martins. By T. L. McCon- 

 nell. 



Winter Feeding. By W. L. Skinner. 



City Nighthawks. By C. G. Abbott. — Breeding on a house roof in 

 Brooklyn. 



Migration of N. A. Sparrows. (Red-polls and Purple Finches.) By 

 W. W. Cooke. — Plumages by F. M. Chapman, color plate by L. A. Fuertes. 



Bird Lore's Fourteenth Christmas Census — 179 lists are published, 

 while many others were for one reason or another rejected. This illustrates 

 the almost unwieldly proportions to which these returns have grown. 

 Mr. E. H. Perkins contributes a consideration of the variation in abundance 

 of a number of winter species based on the Christmas-day hsts from 1901 

 to 1911 and the editor contributes ' Notes on Winter Birds ' and proposes a 

 ' Cooperative Study of Migration ' selecting the Red-winged Blackbird, 

 Robin and Phoebe as the first three species for study. The Wood Thrush. 

 By T. G. Pearson with color plate by L. A. Fuertes is the Educational 

 Leaflet. 



The Condor. — Vol. XV. No. 6. November-December, 1913. Henry 

 B. Kaeding. By Joseph IMailliard. 



Notes on the Eggs of the North American Limicolse. Referring princi- 

 pally to the Accidental Visitors. By H. Massey. 



Some Further Notes on Sierran Field-work. By M. S. Ray. — Mainly 

 near PjTamid Peak. 



Identification by Camera. By W. L. Dawson. — Two photographs of 

 Yellow-legs, Northern Phalarope, etc. 



Some Curious Nesting Places of the Allen Hummingbird on the Rancho 

 san Geronimo. By Joseph Mailliard. — On hanging rope loops, etc. 



The Birds of San Martin Island, Lower California. By H. W. Wright. — 

 With numerous illustrations. 



A Mnemonic Device for Color-workers. By W. L. Dawson. — This is 

 followed by a ' partial critique,' which deals with the nomenclature of 

 colors adopted by Mr. Ridgway, the claim being made that ' Payne's Gray ' 

 for instance, is meaningless as a name. The author seems to think that a 



I The names of the editor and publisher of each journal will be found In the 

 January number of ' The Auk.' 



