Io6 Recent Liierature. [January 



and the communit\' at large. It begins with an artificial key to the spe- 

 cies, and further brief descriptions precede the annotations upon each 

 species. The work is unusually, and for the ornithologist rather incon- 

 veniently, arranged, being divided into three parts : '"birds of regular and 

 certain appearance in Amherst at the proper seasons," "birds of irregular 

 and uncertain appearance in Amherst: or which may be common in 

 other parts of the County while rare or accidental in Amherst," "birds 

 extremely rare or accidental in the County." One hundred and seventy- 

 seven species are enumerated, four-fifths of them land-birds, some of the 

 less common ones being given on the authority of E. O. Damon, W. A. 

 Stearns and others. The annotations include not only notes upon the 

 abundance, seasons of occurrence, and often the dates of arrival in spring, 

 of each species, but contain also brief statements of habits. The pam- 

 phlet is well printed, with but few typographical errors. 



It is to be hoped that the author will continue his observations, and 

 after several years more of field work will give us a further report upon 

 the fauna of his neighborhood. Probably he will be able to record the 

 occurrence of some species not _yet noted, and may find reason to change 

 a few of his statements as to habits and abundance. — C. F. B. 



Publications Received. — Bocage, J. V. Barboza du. Oiseaux nouveaux 

 de rile St. Thome. (Jorn. d. Sci. math., phj's. e nat. da Acad, real das Sci. 

 de Lisboa, 18S7, pp. 250-253.) 



Coues, E., Key to North American Birds, etc. Third Edition. Boston, 

 Roy. Svo. 1SS7. 



Lucas, F. A. Notes on the Osteology of the Spotted Tinamou (Nothura 

 maculosa). (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, pp. 157, 158.) 



Nev/ton, A. Address to the Biological section of the Britisli Associa- 

 tion (Manchester Meeting, 1S87). London, Svo, pp. 8, 1887. 



Palm^n, J. A. Bidrag till Kannedomen om Sibiriska Ishafskustens 

 Fogelfauna enligt Vega-Expeditionens iakttagelser och samlingar. 

 (Vega-expeditionens vetenskapliga iakttagelser, Bd.V, pp. 241-511, 1887.) 



Pelzen, A. v., und Ludwig v. Lnrenz. Typen der ornithologischen 

 Sammlung des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Th. II u. III. (Ann. 

 des k.k. nat. Hofmuseums, Bd. II, 1887.) 



Reichenow, A. (i) Monographic der Gattung Symflectes Sw. (Zoolog. 

 Jahrbuch. Bd. II, 1887, pp. 625-638.) (2) Fortschritte der Ornithologie 

 wahrend des Jahres 1886. (Ibid. pp. 941-954.) 



Ridgway, R. On Phrygilus gayi (Eyd. and Gerv.) and Allied Species. 

 (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 43I-435-) 



Shufeldt, R. W. (i) On a Collection of Birds' Sterna and Skulls, col- 

 lected by Dr. Thomas H. Streets, U. S. Navy. (Proc U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 1SS7, pp. 376-387. (2) Review of the Muscles used in the Classification 

 of Birds. (Reprinted from Journ. Comp. Anat. and Surg., Oct. 1S87. 24 



PP-) 



Snow, F. II. On the discovery of u P'ossil Bird-track in the Dakota 

 Sandstone. (Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci. Vol. X, 18S7.) 



