510 Recently published OrnUholuyical HWks. 



Miss Kellogg and Mr. Grinnell on Birds from northern 

 California. 



[Report upon Mammals and Birds found in portions of Trinity, 

 Siskiyou, and Shasta Counties, California. By Louise Kellogg. 



An analysis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Trinity Region of northern 

 California. By Joseph Grinnell. Univ. California Publ. Zool., Berkeley, 

 xii. 1916, pp. 335-410. 21 photos.] 



These two articles contain an account of collections of 

 Mammals and Birds made by Miss Annie Alexander and 

 Miss Kellogg in the montainous region on the northern 

 border of California, which does not appear to have been 

 very thoroughly worked previously. An annotated list of 

 the birds collected is given, and in the second paper 

 Mr. Grinnell draws some conclusions as to the relations of 

 the fauna of this region, which lies between the humid 

 coast-lands and the drier country of the Sierra Nevada. On 

 the whole he finds its relations are chiefly with the faunal 

 region of the Sierra Nevada. 



Mathews on Australian Birds. 



[The Birds of Australia. By Gregory M. Mathews. Vol. v. pt. 2, 

 pp. 153-248, pis. 245-254. London (Witherby), Febr. 1916. 4to.] 



In this part the author continues the account of the 

 Eaptorial birds of the country. A considerable space is 

 devoted to the full discussion of the genus Falco, its relatiou 

 to other allied genera, its division into subgenera, and the 

 types of the several divisions. From this important and 

 interesting dissertation we learn that Mr. Mathews admits 

 two Australian species into Falco proper, viz., F. longipennis 

 {= F. lunulatus Lath, nee Daudin) and F. hypoleucus. The 

 views of authors such as Kaup, Sharpe, Gurney, and so 

 forth are carefully debated, and compared with the opinions 

 of the Committees which produced the B. O. U. and A. O.U. 

 Lists. 



As regards the author's own predilections, he continues to 

 propound F. subbuteo as the type of Falco; while he accepts 

 Bhynchodon for the Peregrine alliance, and also utilizes 

 Hierofalco, Tinnunculus, Rhi/nchufalco, and Cerchnds. lu 



