Recently published Ornithological Works. 413 



autumnal migration from North America ; it may also, 

 perhaps, weaken the claims of A. sandvicensis to specific 

 rank.— II. S. 



69. Bangs on the Birds of the Liu Kiu Islands. 



[Stejneger's Catalogue of Birds thus far recorded from the Liu Kiu 

 Islands, Japan, revised, with Additions to date. By Outram Bangs. 

 Proc. New England Zool. Club, iii. p. 93 (1903).] 



Ill the 'Proceedings' of the U.S. National Museum, 

 vol x. (1887), Dr. Stejncger gave a list of all the species of 

 birds recorded from the Japanese islands of the Liu Kiu 

 group. In 1890 a fine collection of birds from the same 

 islands was received by the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 from Mr. Owston, an examination of which raised the total 

 number of species belonging to the Liu-Kius from 77 to 99. 

 Mr. Bangs has now amalgamated the two lists and gives us 

 a complete catalogue of all the known species of the group. 

 The avifauna of the Liu-Kius is essentially Japanese, with 

 a few endemic species, such as the curious Woodpecker 

 Sapheopipo noguchii. 



70. Bangs on new Races of American Birds. 



Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club. Vols. iii. and iv. 

 1902-3.] 



Mr. Outram Bangs sends us copies of eight papers on 

 "new races" of American birds, but we think it is hardly 

 necessary to give their names, as they are all very close 

 allies of well-known species. Nor do wc quite understand 

 why it was necessary to put every species into a separate 

 paper with a separate title to it. 



71. Brewster on the Birds of Lower California. 



[ Birds of the Cape Region of Lower California. By William Brewster. 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. xli. pp. 1-241 (1902).] 



The peninsula of Lower California is an interesting district, 

 and has engaged the attention of many American collectors 

 — Fra/.ar, Xantus, Bslding, Bryant, and Anthony have all 



