V °Sof X ] Recent Literature. 67 



A. mcleodi, Peuccea notosticta, Melospiza fasciata mexicana, Geothlypis 

 trichas melanops and Basilei/terus rufifrons. 



The names of the North American species are unaccompanied by the 

 authorities, but the latter are given in the case of ten species extra-limital 

 to the A. O. U. Check-List, always, however, in parentheses, which are 

 required in only five of them. This typographical blemish does not, how- 

 ever, detract from the value of the paper, except in so far as it wrongly 

 represents the nomenclature of the species affected. 



There are two or three identifications, in addition to that of the supposed 

 Myiardius inquietus, we believe will bear reconsideration, as for example, 

 Melospiza fasciata mexicana and Geothlypis trichas melanops, which 

 certainly seem out of place in the list. — R. R. 



Chapman's Notes on Birds observed near Trinidad, Cuba. 1 — This 

 carefully prepared and highly interesting paper is worthy of more 

 extended review than can be given it at present. The introductory 

 portion consists of a pleasing description of the localities visited. Then 

 follow 'Notes on Cuban Birds' arranged under the separate headings of 

 'General Impressions of Cuban Bird-life,' 'The Migration,' 'Birds observed 

 while sailing from Batabano to Trinidad,' 'The Cuban Avifauna,' and 

 'Species Described as New or Added to the Cuban Fauna.' The 'Anno- 

 tated List of Birds Observed' includes 99 species, of which Rallies longi- 

 rostris cubanus is described as new on page 2S8. 



In connection with certain Cuban species the representative forms of 

 other islands are discussed, and in some cases separated, for example the 

 Jamaican representative of Pitangus caudifasciatus, which is named P. 

 jamaicensis (p. 303) and the Bahaman representative of Dendroica pete- 

 chia gundlachi, which is named D. p. flavicefs (p. 310). A new genus, 

 Ptiloxena, is instituted for the so-called " Scolecophagus" atroviolaceus, 

 a procedure both justifiable and timely. 



The critical remarks and biographical notes embodied in this paper are 

 of excellent quality, and the paper as a whole one of first-class merit. — 

 R. R. 



Minor Ornithological Publications. — 'Forest and Stream.' This jour- 

 nal was last noticed in Vol. IX, pp. 384-387. In Vols. XXXIX and XL 

 (July, iS92-June, 1893) are the following (Nos. 2611-2697). 



261 1. Bonasa umbellus, Rex. By Dr. Robert T. Morris. 'Forest and 

 Stream,' Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, July 7, pp. 6-7. — A biographical sketch. 



2612. Rare Birds' Nests. By H. Austen. Ibid., No. 2, July 14, 1892, 

 p. 28. — Regulus calendula. 



2613. A Bit of Grouse Hunter's Lore. By Dr. Robert T. Morris. 

 Ibid., No 3, July 21, 1892, p. 49. — Bonasa umbellus. 



1 Notes on Birds and Mammals observed near Trinidad, Cuba, with remarks on the 

 Origin of West Indian Bird-Life. By Frank M. Chapman. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., Vol. IV, Art. XVI, Dec. 29, 1892, pp. 279-330. 



