432 Recent Literature. [july 



Testicle. (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1914, pt. 1.) — Testes spermatogenic 

 only in winter and early spring but the change from activity to inactivity 

 does not correspond in time to plumage change. Eclipse occurs in castrated 

 bird, but absolute permanent castration is difficult. 



^ Cobum, C. A. The Behavior of the Crow, Corvus americanus Aud. 

 (Jour. Aniaml Behavior, IV, No. 3. 1914.) 



Rennie, John. Egg Coloration in the Cuckoo Cuculus canorus and its 

 bearing upon the theory of Cuckoo Subspecies. (Proc. Royal Phys. Soc. 

 Edinburgh, XIX, No. 5, 1914.)— A Study of 300 Cuckoo eggs with 

 nests and sets in which they occurred shows that while a certain Cuckoo 

 appears to have a preference for a certain vicinity its preference for a cer- 

 tain species seems to be only in proportion to the abundance of that species. 



Van Oort, E. D. Bird-marking in the Netherlands. III. Recovery of 

 Marked Birds. (Notes from the Leyden Mus., XXXV, pp. 209-223, 

 1914.) 



Kroulikovsky, L. On the Birds of the Southern District of the Vialka 

 Government. (Bull. Soc. Ouralienne des Amis des Sci. Nat., XXII, livr. 

 2, pp. 1-43, 1913.) — Annotated list of 187 species. (In French and Rus- 

 sian.) 



Banjkovski, V. B. Systematic Arrangement of the Russian Represen- 

 tatives of the Genus Scops. Sav. (Mitth. Kaukas. Museum. VII, lief 2. 

 pp. 142-162, 1913.) — Text in Russian, resume in German. 



Schouteden, H. List of Birds obtained at Kilo by Mr. TheUe. (Revue 

 Zool. Afric, III, fasc. 2, pp. 260-272.) — Annotated list of 116 species 

 from the Congo region west of Lake Albert. The following are described 

 as new; Campephaga Theliei (p. 266), Chlorophoneiis melaniprosopus 

 ituriensis (p. 267) and C. multicolor Theliei (p. 268), all from Kilo. 



Precigon, A. Ornithology of Upper Vienna. (La Revue Scient du 

 Limousin, XXII, pp. 137-138, 1914). 



Hussey, Tacitus. When Passenger Pigeons Were Plenty. (Forest and 

 Stream, March 14, 1914.) 



Anonymus. Some New Facts About Eider Ducks, (do., March 21, 

 1914.) 



Guelf, F. G. Birds in Lake Ontario Region, (do.. May 2, 1914.) 



Griscom, Ludlow. An Interesting Ornithological Winter Around New 

 York City. (Abstract Proc. Liimaean Society, N. Y., Nos. 24-25, April 

 15, 1914.) — An annotated Hst of 97 species observed by members of the 

 Society, during the winter of 1912-13. 



Publications Received. — Allen, Arthur A. The Red-winged Black- 

 bird: A Study in the Ecology of a Cat-tail Marsh. (Abst. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. Y., Nos. 24-25, 1911-13, pp. 43-128, pU. 1-22.) 



Bangs, Outram. (1) An Unnamed Race of the CaroUna Paroquet. 

 (Proc. N. E. Zool. Club, IV, pp. 93-94, November 26, 1913.) (2) The 

 Geographic Races of the Scaled Quail, (do., pp. 99-100, March 9, 1914.) 

 (3) A New Magpie-Jay from Western Costa Rica. (do. pp. 101-102, 

 March 13, 1914.) 



