1912 J Recent Literature. 421 



The Migration and Plumages of North American Sparrows. (Continued.) 



The Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. Educational Leaflet, No. 55. 

 By Alice H. Walter. 



Bird Lore. Vol. XIV, No. 3. May-June, 1912. 



The Golden-winged Warbler at Rhinebeck, N. Y. By M. S. Crosby. 



One Little Hummer and I. By W. H. Palmer. 



Notes on Cliff Swallows. By K. P. and E. W. Victor. 



Making an Acquaintance: The White-eyed Vireo. By A. C. Redfie d. 



Ezekiel — By M. J. Selby. — A captive Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 1 



The Migration and Plumage of North American Sparrows, — Black- 

 headed and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. 



The Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Educational Leaflet, No. 56. By 

 Mabel Osgood Wright. 



The Condor. Vol. XIV, No. 2. March-April, 1912. 



A Week Afield in Southern Arizona. By F. C. Willard. 



Passerella stephensi in Marin County, California. By Joseph Maillard. 



Nesting of the Canada Goose at Lake Tahoe. By M. S. Ray. 



The Condor. Vol. XIV, No. 3. May-June, 1912. 



Some North Central Colorado Bird Notes. By E. R. Warren. — Notes 

 on 105 species observed during a 700-mile wagon trip. 



An Afternoon's Field Notes. By J. Grinnell. — Contains observations 

 on intervals between the calls or songs of various species. 



The Wilson Bulletin. No. 78. March, 1912. 



A Preliminary List of the Summer Birds of Fall River County, south- 

 western S. Dakota. By S. S. Visher — In a more or less critical region 

 like this where one approaches the line of intergradation between geo- 

 graphic races, the greatest care should be exercised in identification, yet 

 subspecies are here identified positively without any allusion to specimens 

 or characters, some of them, such as Dryobatcs pubescens nelsoni, far out of 

 their known range. Such carelessness reflects upon the accuracy of the 

 entire list. 



A Study of the Avifauna of the Lake Erie Islands. By Lynds Jones — 

 Relates especially to migration phenomena. 



Moments with Le Conte's Sparrows. By Althea R. Sherman. 



Observations of Bird Life in Northern New Jersey during the winter of 

 1910-1911. By Louis S. Kohler. 



Alleged Breeding Occurrences of the LeConte Sparrow in Illinois. By 

 P. B. Peabody. 



A Michigan Record for the Gannet. By N. A. Wood. 



Status of the European Starling in Essex Co., N. J. By Louis S. Kohler. 



The Ibis. IX Series. Vol. VI, No. 22. April, 1912. 



On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe on the West 

 Coast of Africa and outlying Islands; with Field Notes by the Collector. 

 By David H. Bannerman. — Sixteen species were added to the fauna of 

 Liberia. There is a most interesting account of the protected colony of 

 Gannets (Siila capensis), Cormorants and Penguins on Ichabo Island. 



