Recently published Ornithological Works. 481 



about a mile and a half square, in about 28° N. lat,, in the 

 Gulf of California, Mr. N. S. Goss found, strange to say, 

 two new species of Boobies ! One of these is named after 

 him, Sula gossi, by Mr. Ridgway ; the other is called by its 

 discoverer Sula hrewsteri. Mr. H. J. Roddy contributes 

 some interesting remarks on the feeding-habits of some young 

 Raptores; and Mr. C. L. Hopkins shows that the impugned 

 sense of smell in Cathartes aura is at least sufficient to lead 

 the bird, up wind, to a dead skunk and to a live irritated 

 one : which we do not in the least doubt ! Tityra personata 

 griseiceps, sp. n., from Western Mexico, is described by Mr. 

 R. Ridgway ; Agyrtria alleni, sp. n., from Yungas, Bolivia, 

 by Mr. D . G. Elliot ; Ammodramus sandwichensis brunnescens, 

 subsp. n., from the Valley of Mexico, by Mr. Amos W. Butler; 

 Ammodramus maritimus pemnsul(e, South-western Florida, 

 and A. m. sennetti, from Gulf coast of Texas, subspp. nn., by 

 Mr. J. A.Allen; Tityra nigriceps, sp. n., from the Upper 

 Napo, Ecuador, also by Mr. Allen; and Ralhis longirostris 

 scotti, subsp. n., from the west coast of Florida, by Mr. G. 

 B. Sennett. How long will it be before this '' inestimable 

 blessing " of trinomials becomes a curse to its employers, and 

 breaks down from sheer unwieldiness ? Mr. D. G. Elliot 

 contributes a useful monograph of the Jacanidge, but the 

 changes which he proposes in nomenclature seem to us very 

 undesirable. Some papers of local interest are not noticed ; 

 amongst them one (pp. 147, 148) which, for the benefit of 

 the Editors we may remark, is omitted in the list of contents 

 of No. 2. 



84. ' The Audubon Magazine.' 



[The Audubon Magazine, published in the Interests of the Audubon 

 Society for the Protection of Birds. Vol. T. No. 12 j Vol. II. No. 1. 8vo. 

 New I'ork: 1888.] 



So far as can be judged from two odd parts — all that have 

 reached us — this magazine contains some fair articles of a 

 popular kind ; amongst others, notes on the life of Audubon, 

 with illustrations. Miss Florence A. Merriam contributes a 

 series of pleasantly-written articles on '' Fifty Common Birds, 



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