290 Raeeitf Literal [J$u 



II. ' A revision of the Avifauna of the Paya district,' comprising a list 

 of collectors, localities, a bibliography and a systematic list of 379 species 

 with localities from which specimens have been' recorded. DysttAamnus 



:. ■.'..•; is described as new from San Antonio do Prata 



III. • Report on the birds collected on the Island oi Mexiana' annotated 

 list of 39 species. 



l\ • Revision of the birds oi Mexiana Island * l,"i7 species listed. 



Y. Report on the birds collected on the Island oi Marajo ': annotated 

 lis; of 10 species 



VI. ' Zoogeographic consideration oi the Avifauna of the region about 

 the mouth of the Amazon." 



Such contributions as this are bringing our knowledge of the avifauna ol 

 South America nearer and nearei to that state of accuracy which character- 

 ise ornithology of North America, and this paper of Mr. Hellmayr's 

 will prove oi great assistance to investigators of the bird life not only of 

 the Para district but oi other more or loss contiguous areas. Y\ S. 



McAfee's 'Index to U. S. Department of Agriculture Publications 

 on the Food of Birds ' So numerous arc the publications oi the (J. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, dealing with the food habits of birds, that an 

 index such as Mr McAtee has prepared is a practical necessity if we are 



to readily find the information that we seek. The index covers L31 docu- 

 ments, referring to the economic status oi no less than 401 specie?- of native 



birds and 59 foreign or introduced species. A bibliography precedes the 

 index proper and the latter is remarkably full, with an abundance oi sub- 

 headings under each species giving the various items oi food and other 

 details, which greatly aid the economist in finding just the information he 

 desire- \\ S 



Craig's Studies of Bird Behavior Mr Craig describes in detail 

 the hatching of two young doves ^ 1'urtur ritoriu^. The birds made a 

 series of strong movements with several seconds rest between: each move- 

 ment seemed to consist of (1) a pushing lengthwise. ,_ a thrusting of the 

 bill through the shell, or sometimes only bulging it. (3) a turning round a 

 few degree- which brought each bill thrust a little beyond the last. Mr. 

 Craig Ends only two recorded instances of the observation of the hatching 

 of wild birds;'. ..by \\ 11. Hudson, ' The Naturalist in l.a Plata" and R.T. 

 Moore, ' The Auk ' 1912, p. 218, dealing with the .lacana and Least Sand- 

 piper respectively. It would seem therefore that there was opportunity 



i Index n> Papers Relating to the Pood of Birds by Members of the Biological 

 Survey in Publications of the United states Department of Agriculture, 1885 

 t'.nt Bj w i McAtee l S, Dept igt . Biological Survey, Bull No. i. 

 Washington, 1913 pp. i 69. 



Behavior of the Young Mini in Breaking out of the Egg. By Wallace Craig, 

 Jour. Animal Behavior, July V.ugust, 1912 pp. 296 298 

 rvationson i>o\;n i earning to Drink, 



