420 Recent Literature. LJuly 



no means complete. Curiously enough Dr. Watson's important experi- 

 ments with the Noddy and Sooty Terns on the Tortugas seem to be known 

 to him only through a casual mention by Dr. Allen. — W. S. 



' Oologia Neerlandica.'i^ Parts 2 and 3 of this excellent work are at 

 hand and are fully up to the high standard set by Part 1. The eggs of 

 the Thrushes, Warblers, Finches, Pipits, Hawks, and Owls, are figured 

 in these numbers, which comprise in all sixty-five plates of from three to 

 six figures each. 



The text as in the previous part considers in detail the structure of the 

 egg shell, often with results of no little interest. Among the Owls for 

 instance, investigations along this line place Athene and Syrnium together, 

 and also show close affinity between the two species of Asio while the Barn 

 Owl stands off by itself. In the text relating to the Cuckoo no less than 

 twenty-seven species of birds are listed in whose nests, in the Netherlands, 

 Cuckoos' eggs have been found. Mr. Van Pelt Lechner is to be congratu- 

 lated upon producing a work which will exert an influence far beyond the 

 limited area of which it especially treats, and one which cannot help to 

 increase interest in, and place on a higher plane, the study of birds' eggs. — 

 W. S. 



Morse's ' A Pocket List of Birds of Eastern Massachusetts. '^ - - This 

 little work is intended as a handy pocket reminder to the local bird student 

 of ' what, when, and where ' to seek, and it seems to admirably meet the 

 requirements of such a publication. Under each species are given its 

 common and technical name, a brief statement of its relative abundance, 

 character of occurrence, and the actual dates of occurrence in eastern 

 Massachusetts, the kind of places usually inhabited by it, and in species 

 of limited distribution, the counties or towns in which it is known to occur. 

 Seasonal charts give a graphic idea of the time of occurrence of all the 

 species, and a short introduction furnishes such explanations as are required. 

 There is also an index to common names and a photogravure frontispiece 

 of Egg Rock and the Nahant Shore. — W. S. 



The Ornithological Journals. 



Bird Lore. Vol. XIV, No. 2. March-April, 1912. 

 The Duck Hawk on the Pahsades. By W. C. Clarke. 

 The Barred Owl at Rhinebeck, N. Y. By M. S. Crosby. 

 A Bluebird Study. By L. Claude. 



> Oologia Neerlandica | Eggs | of | Birds | breeding in the Netherlands | By | 

 A. A. Van Pelt I.echner, | The Hague | Martinus Nijhoff | 1911. 



- A Pocket List | of the | Birds of Eastern Massachusetts | with especial reference 

 to I Essex County ! by I Albert P. Morse i Curator of Natural History, Peabody 

 Museum. Salem [etc., etc.). — Published by the Peabody Academy of Science | 

 Salem, Mass. | 1912. | pp. 1-92 + 6 charts. 



