1919-] Recenthi -puhUslu'd Ornithological Works. 357 



distinguishes two races of the Humming-bird known as 

 Cyanolcemiis clemenciae, the typical form being confined to 

 sontli-west, central, and southern Mexico, while tlie new 

 subspecies, C. c. bessophilns, breeds iu south-western United 

 States and north-western Mexico. He also proposes to 

 separate the resident Shrike of Lower California under the 

 name Lauius ludovicianus nelsoni, subsp. n. 



Lyman Belding, the oldest American ornitliologist, who 

 came to California in 1856, died in October 1917. A 

 memoir by Mr. W. K. Fisher, with a portrait, tells us of 

 his early adventurous life in wlialing and other ships before 

 he settled in California. His first papei-, "A partial list of 

 the Birds of Central California,^^ was published in the Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Museum in 1879. 



The early history of Costa^s Humming-bird, Calypte costcB, 

 collected by Nebouse and named by Bourcier m 1839 in 

 honour of Costa, lias always been somewhat shrouded 

 in mystery. Much of this is disentangled in a short 

 article by Mr, T. S. Palmer, who also fixes its type-locality 

 at Magdalena Bay in Lower California. 



Other important articles in this volume of the 'Condor' 

 have already been dealt with as '' separates. ^^ 



Fauna och Flora. 



[Fauna ocli Flora. Popular Tidskrift for Biologi. Utgifven uf 

 Einar Loiiiibei'o. ]3 vols., for the years 190(i-1918. Uppsala and 

 Stockholm.] 



We should like to draw the attention of the readers of 

 ' Tl»e Ibis' to this excellent popular Journal of Natural 

 History, edited by our foreign member, Dr. Lonnberg, who 

 has most generously sent to us a complete set from the 

 commencement. In order that it may be more generally 

 accessible, tlie volumes have been deposited in the General 

 Lil)iary of the Natural History Museum, where they can be 

 consulted by anyone making the necessaiy application. 



As its title implies, " Fauna och Flora ' deals with both 

 zoological and Ijotanical subjects ; it has a considerable 

 proportion of articles of interest to ornithologists, dealing 



