^"Is^""^] Recent Literature. 233 



Milne Edwards, and Dryobates pubescen soreeecus Batch, (p. 597) becom- 

 ing D. p. homorus (Cab.). 



The 'Manual' being thus ' brought down to date ' is sure of another 

 long career of usefulness, being not only well adapted to the amateur, 

 but an invaluable reference work to specialists as well. — J. A. A. 



Goode's 'The Published Writings of Philip Lutley Sclater.' ' — This 

 especially welcome ' Bibliography,' compiled under the direction of the 

 late Professor Goode, and relating so largeh' to American ornithology, is 

 fittingly issued as a publication of the United States National Museum, 

 although the author is not an American in nationality. As said by Pro- 

 fessor Goode in the Introduction : "The scope of this series [of biblio- 

 graphies] would seem appropriately limited to the work of the naturalists 

 living and working in America, but there is one exception which no one 

 can doubt the propriety of making — that in the case of Mr. Philip 

 Lutley Sclater, the secretary of the Zoological Society of London, who 

 has confined his work for the most part to American ornitholog}', and 

 whose contributions to the systematic ornithology of the American Con- 

 tinent have far exceeded in extent those of any one working in this 

 covmtry. His opportunities have been almost unlimited, and his utiliza- 

 tion of these opportunities has been wonderfully effective." 



The 'Bibliography' is preceded by a 'Biographical Sketch' (pp. 

 ix-xix) of Mr. Sclater, which concludes with testimonials of appreciation 

 from Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Mr. J. A. Allen, and Mr. Robert Ridgway. 

 The ' Chronological Catalogue of Separate Works,' numbering 26 titles 

 (pp. 1-4), forms Part I. Part II consists of 'A Chronological Catalogue 

 of Papers published in the Memoirs, Proceedings and Journals of learned 

 Societies, and other Periodicals' (pp. 5-73), and numbers 1205 titles, the 

 first dated 1844, the last 1894, with an appendix (pp. 133-135) containing 

 37 additional titles of papers published subsequent to December, 1894, 

 raising the total number of titles to 1287. These are compactly and 

 clearly printed, two columns to the page, with sufficient annotation to 

 indicate the scope and character of the papers. 



Part III consists of a tabular ' List of New Families and Genera 

 described' (pp. 75-78). The names are arranged alphabetically, and 

 following the name is the name of the type species, the place of descrip- 

 tion, and a i-eference to the number of the paper in the bibliography^ 

 The list includes ' emended' names, as well as the names of new genera, 

 the latter numbering 125! 



Part IV contains a 'List of New Species described' (pp. 79-104) 

 arranged in tabular form, giving locality, location of type, place of de- 



'The I Published Writings | of | Philip Lutley Sclater, | 1844-1896. | — | 

 Prepared under the direction of G. Brown Goode. | — | Washington : Govern- 

 ment Printing Olfice. | 1S96 := Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 49. 8vo, pp. xix, 

 -|- 135, frontispiece, portrait of P. L. .Sclater. 



