Recently published Ornithological Works. 417 



call it) Procellisterna, obtained by the naturalists of the 

 U.S. Fish-Commission steamer ' Albatross ' at Neckar Island, 

 Hawaian group, and also seen on Bird Island. It is named 

 P. saxatilis. The eggs were taken and are described. The 

 species is nearest to P. cinerea of the Australian seas. 



79. Fountain on the Mountains and Forests of South 

 America. 



[The Great Mountains and Forests of South America. By Paul 

 Fountain. London : Longmans & Co., 1902. 1 vol. 8vo. 306 pp. 

 Price 10s. 6d. net.] 



This is certainly a remarkable work and one to which 

 attention should be called. Though the author has evidently 

 had no scientific education, and often falls into error in 

 consequence, he has accumulated a large experience of 

 animal life during his travels, and tells his story in good, 

 plain, easy English. Birds are constantly referred to — 

 indeed the author's chief occupation appears to have been 

 that of a Collector, but he does not inform us distinctly 

 what has become of his bird-skins. There are many good 

 field-notes about the species he met with, but in many cases 

 we are not informed what they were, as they seem to be 

 mostly described from memory, not from specimens. For 

 example, the " Urraca-Jay," pictured in a lively way on 

 p. 19, one would suppose to be a Cyanocorax, but the eggs 

 described as belonging to it are certainly those of one 

 of the Cuckoos of the Crotophagine group. However, the 

 volume is worthy of examination, though some people might 

 be inclined to doubt the author's good faith. 



80. Godman' s ' Bioloyia Centrati- Americana.' 



Biologia Centrali-Americana ; or, Contributions to the Knowledge 

 of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by 

 F. DuCane Godman. (Zoology.) Parts CLXXI.-CLXXVII. 1902-08. 

 (R. II. Porter.) 



Mr. Godman has now finished the Gallinse and Gerano- 

 morphae and has progressed well with the Limicolje. We 

 are pleased to see that he refuses to reject the well-established 



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