166 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



500 pages and contains niucli to intere3t Old World 

 ornithologists, though naturally a good deal of space is 

 occupied by local lists and records which appeal more to 

 the members of the A. O. U. 



Among the fauual papers are those of Major Allan 

 Brooks, now serving in France, on the birds of Chilliwack 

 iu British Columbia, of H. L. Stoddard on the birds of 

 Wisconsin, of Messrs. Philipp and Bowdish on the birds 

 of New Brunswick with photographs of the nests of several 

 of the rarer Warblers, of Messrs. Nichols, Murphy and 

 Griscom on the birds of Long Island, and of C. A. Gianini 

 on Alaskan birds; while Mr. W. P. Lowe, M.B.O.U., 

 who has done so much good collecting work in Africa and 

 elsewhere during the past few years, contributes some 

 reminiscences of birdlife in Colorado, where he was 

 residing from 1888 to 1901. 



The most interesting new species is a Hawaiian Finch 

 Telespiza ultima, described by Mr. W. A. Bryan from Nihoa, 

 an outlying and very inaccessible island of the Hawaiian 

 group between the main group and Laysan. It is probably 

 the last member of tlie intensely interesting Hawaiian 

 avifauna that remains unknown ; hence the specific name. 

 Other new forms described are Buteo platypterus iowensis 

 Bailey, a dusky form of the Broad-winged Hawk from 

 Iowa, Sturnella neglecta confluenta Rathburn from the 

 coast-region of Washington State, and Agelaius phoeniceus 

 grinnelli Howell from Salvador in Central America. 



Mr. H. Oberholser has a number of articles on taxonomic 

 points. Dealing with the White-breasted Nuthatch, the name 

 of which is founded on Catesby's description from Carolina, 

 he shows that the Nuthatch of South Carolina is more 

 closely allied to the Florida form, which is distinct from the 

 race in north-eastern United States which has hitherto been 

 known as Sitta c. carolinensis, and he proposes to call the 

 north-eastern race Sitta c. cookei, after the late Prof. W. 

 W. Cooke. A series of articles deal with the status, 

 relationships, and nomenclature of various North American 



