1922.] Recently publisJied Ornithological Works. 353 



and tails of the various species of Snipe, whicli used in con- 

 junction with the useful key, ought to enable anyoue to 

 identify a bird he has sliot. 



In regard to tlie habits of the Great Bustard and the 

 Eastern Little Bustard the author has of necessity had to 

 draw on European works, since the former is of very rare 

 occurrence in India and the latter, though a regular visitor, 

 lias not been much written about. Of the remaining 

 Bustards, more especially the Bengal Florican, Sypheutis 

 bengalensis, complete accounts have been given and we are 

 surprised to find that apparently the chick of that species 

 does not appear to be known. 



In spite of his having no personal experience of Sand- 

 grouse in their native haunts, Mr. Baker has produced very 

 readable articles on the different species, though we cannot 

 altogether agree with his systematic treatment of the 

 different forms. In reference to the distribution of Pterocles 

 orientalis we should like to point out that the Saiar Mts. are 

 not in the extreme south of Palestine but in Turkestan. 



A systematic index at the beginning of each volume or a 

 detailed list of contents should be added in a new edition, 

 since at present it is impossible to find out what species are 

 mentioned in the volume without hunting througii the index 

 at the end. 



It is unfortunate that a little more attention has not been 

 paid to the synonymy and that the type localities, curiously 

 enough omitted from most of the species described from 

 India, while the dates of ail original descriptions have not 

 been given. 



Both to tiie working ornithologist and sportsman in India 

 these two volumes should be very useful, and we shall look 

 forward to the concluding volumes of the series. 



Bangs on Chinese and Burmese Birds. 



[The birds of the Ainerican Museum of Natural Ilislorv's Asiatic 

 Zoological Expedition of 191(5-1917. By Outrain Bangs, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. N. JI. xliv. hr21, pp. 575-612.] 



An expedition under the leadership of Air. Roy C. Andrews 



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