414 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



had their turn, and have amassed fine series of its birds 

 for the museums of the Eastern States. Mr. Brewster 

 has now taken up the subject and. compiled an excellent 

 memoir, containing a careful account of the birds of the 

 terminal portion of the long peninsula, to which well- 

 selected field-notes from the various collectors are added. 



The avifauna thus treated is decidedly Nearctic, but, as 

 Baird pointed out years ago, appears to be more nearly 

 related to that of Arizona than that of California. The 

 number of species ascribed to the " Cape Region " is 167, 

 besides 88 subspecies. To these Mr. Brewster has now added 

 one of the first category and three of the second — namely, 

 Tot anus melanoleucus frazari, Megascops xantusi, Bubo vir- 

 (jinianus elachistus, and Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera. 

 The 30 birds supposed to be peculiar to Lower California 

 are mostlv very close allies of their continental repre- 

 sentatives. There are 3 Humming-birds included in the 

 list, amongst which Basilinna leucotis is a well-marked 

 species, restricted to the peninsula. 



72. Bulletins of the Philippine Museum. 



[Bulletins of the Philippine Museum. — I. On Birds from Luzon, 

 Mindoro, Masbate, Ficao, Cuyo, Culiou, Cagayan Sulu, and Palawan. 

 By Richard C. McGregor. Pp. 1-12.— II. List of Bird-skins offered in 



exchange. Pp. 1-8. 8vo. Manila, 1903.] 



A Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce 

 has been established by the American authorities at Manila, 

 and the first two of the ' Bulletins ' of the new Institution 

 are now before us. The first, prepared by Mr. R. C. 

 McGregor, contains a paper on some recent additions to the 

 Philippine avifauna, in the course of which Chibia cuyensis 

 is described as a new species from Cuyo Island. The second 

 part is devoted to a list of bird-skins offered in exchange, 

 which, we are assured, are all in " first class " condition. 



We beg leave to congratulate our American friends on the 

 energy and enlightenment shown by their government in 

 attending to the claims of science at so early a date in their 

 new rule of this most interesting country. 



