Zio2 Recent Literature. IapfU 



Mitchell, P. Chalmers. Observations on the Anatomy of the Shoe- 

 bill {Baloerdceps rex) and Allied Birds, (do. pp. 644-703, 4 plates.) 



Mitchell, P. Chalmers. The Peroneal Muscles in Birds, (do. pp. 1039- 

 1072.) 



Darwin, Horace. Migration Routes. (Nature, November 27, 1913.) 

 Judging from experiences on aeroplanes he thinks birds follow rivers and 

 coast lines by sight in the day time and by hearing at night. Ponds and 

 rivers are not distinguishable from grass fields at night from an aeroplane 

 except for the reflection of the moon. 



Stanwood, Cordeha J. A GUmpse of the Winter Wren. (Nature and 

 Culture, Vol. V, Nos. 9-10, Feb.-Mar., 1914.) — Study of nest and young. 



Trowbridge, C. C. On the Origin of the Flocking Habit of Migratory 

 Birds. (Pop. Sci. Monthly, March, 1914.) — Considers it due to the pro- 

 tection it offers, especially the ' echelon ' formation by which every bird is 

 able to see both forward and to one side. 



Grieve, Symington. Notes upon some Rare New Zealand Birds, and 

 Exhibition of Skins, Skeletons and Eggs. (Proc. Royal Phys. Soc. [Edin- 

 burg]. Vol. XIX, No. 4, pp. 63-78, 1913.) — Numerous interesting notes 

 on 1 he various species of Apteryx and list of specimens of A. haasti. 



Macfie, J. Observations on two Tame Ravens and other Birds. (Glas- 

 gow Naturahst, V, No. 4, 1913, pp. 117-119.) 



Paterson, J. The Return of Summer-Birds to the Clyde Orca in 1913. 

 (do. No. 3, pp. 81-89.) 



Anonymus. Birds. 1912-1913. (Annals of the Cyprus Nat. Hist. 

 Soc.) — Notes on Birds of Cyprus. 



Nichol, M. J. Some Notes on the Eggs of the Sudan Crowned Crane. 

 (The Cairo Sci. Journ. Vol. VII, No. 86, November, 1913, p. 255.) 



Jackson, Sir F. J. Notes on the Departure and Arrival of European 

 and Asiatic Bird Migrants in Uganda, 1913. (Jour. E. Air. and Uganda 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, VI, No. 7, December, 1913, pp. 87-88.) 



van Someren, V. G. L. Ploceus inter scupularis. (do. p. 76.) — Full 

 description of male and female, the latter hitherto unknown, with color 

 plate. 



Jackson, Sir. F. J. On Honey Guides, (do. p. 78.) — Apparently led 

 hunter up to wild animals on two occasions. 



Ogilvie- Grant, W. On a New Lark from the Cape Provence. (Ann. S. 

 Afr. Mus. XIII, pt. 2, October 16, 1913.) — Calandrella sclateri capensia, 



Poche, F. Supplement to C. O. Waterhouse's Index Zoologicus, No. II. 

 (Zool. Annalen, VI, No. 1, pp. 33-42.) — Contains numerous bird genera 

 but the ornithologist will find them all referred to ' Reptilia.' It would 

 seem that in a hst of this kind the convenience of maintaining the Class 

 Aves would far outrank the importance of setting forth the author's views 

 as to its claims as distinct from the Reptilia. 



Paris, Paul. Researches on the Uropygian Gland in Birds. (Arch. 

 Zool. Exper. et Gen. vol. 53, No. 4, 1913, pp. 139-276.)— In French. 



Brother Alphonsus. Our Birds in the Spring of 1913. (Amer. 



