1913 I Recent Literature. 301 



By II. F. \\ i 1 1 n 1 1 » \ Records of species rare or nen to th »unty. Nu- 

 merous records of recovered marked birds are ^,i\»-ti in this number. 



British Birds. Vol. VI, No. 8. January, 1913. 



Notes oo the Bird Life of South-west Iceland. By Rev. F. C. R. Jour- 

 dam 



William Bemhard Tegetmeier. By F. W. Smalley. 



Recovery of marked birds. 



British Birds. Vol. VI, No. 9. February, 1913. 



Field-Notes <>n a Pair of Stone-Curlews. By F. (1. Penrose. -Obser- 

 vations from a photographer's tent, which led Dr. Penrose to surmise 



thai these birds had some sense of smell which led them t o lie suspicious 

 Of his presence. He at I riblltes a sense of smell only lo ducks and possibly 

 to certain waders. The paper is illustrated by a color plate taken direct, 



from a Lumiere autochrome. 



The British Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix britannicue, subsp. nov.) By 

 II. F. Witherby and Einar Ldnnberg. 



Barrow's Golden-eye and the Common Golden-eye. By II. V. Witherby. 



Difference in scapular-feathers illustrated and described, also difference 

 in frontal hone. 



The Avicultural Magazine. Vol. IV, No. '_'. December, 1912. 



Successful Breeding of the Grand Eclectus Parrot. By Miss Drummond. 



Breeding of the Hooded Siskin {Chrysomitris cucullata.) By Dr. M. 

 Arnsler. 



Evidence afforded by Captive Birds. By Dr. Arthur (!. Butler. — Dis- 



CUSSes some of the points raised by Mr. W. L. McAtee in his recent paper 



on ' Warning and Cryptic Colors.' 



The Plumage Question and Aviculture. By .1. Lewis Bonhote. A dis- 

 cussion of the Egrel problem and the possibility of rearing them in captiv- 

 ity. \ French firm has offered a prize of $2000 for the first Egret farm 

 established on French territory with no result as yet. As is pointed out 

 the experiment would involve a far greater expenditure than this, and even 

 so, the practicability of the venture seems extremely doubtful. 



The Avicultural Magazine. Vol. IV, No. 3. January, 1913. 



Articles on Breeding of the Hooded Parakeet, and on Bengalese Rice 

 Birds and Nuthatches in captivity. 



Some Spontaneous Variations in Mallard and Muscovy Ducks. By 

 Frank Finn. (Continued in February.) 



The Bird Show at Horticultural Hall. By Herbert Goodchild. 



The Avicultural Magazine Vol. IV, No. 4. February, 1!)13. 



The Mexican Pied < Iround Thrush (tSeodcMa [ - Ridgwayia]pinicola.) By 

 Hubert D. Astlcv. Habits in captivity with a colored plate of the male 

 ami female. 



The Whinchat as a Song-bird. By VV. 10. Teschetnaker. 



Hooded and Golden-shouldered Parrakeets. Bj Hubert D. Astley. — 



Discusses relationship of PsephotlM ciiciillati/.s and /'. dissimilis. 



Other articles on < 'olumba albigularia and Cranes. 



