1922.] Recently jJublished Ornithological Works. 375 



Arabia has been presented to tlie Museum at Bombay, and 

 forms the subject of an interesting noteb}' Mr. S. H. Prater. 

 Finally, there is a long and important article on the birds 

 of northern and western Persia by Mr. P. A. Buxton, based 

 on collections made by himself and also by iSlajor R. E. 

 Cheesman in 1918 and 1919. This paper has a good map 

 showing the localities visited. 



All those interested in the Egret question should read 

 the extract from the 'Daily Gazette' of Karachi by Mr. G. 

 Birch on p. 944, from which it seems that an industry 

 comparable to the Ostrich industry is undoubtedly growing 

 up in Sind of keeping Egrets for their plumes. 



Bull. Essex County Ornithological Club. 



[Bulletin of the Essex County Ornithological Club of Massachusetts 

 for 1921. Publ. at Salem, Mass., U.S.A.] 



The annual bulletin of this Massachusetts Bird-club is 

 mostly occupied by raattei's of local interest in regard to the 

 avifauna of New England. The first article by Mr. G. M. 

 Allen deals with records of the Wild Turkey in New England. 

 This fine bird, which, however, is not the origin of our 

 domestic breed, is still to be met with in Virginia and the 

 southern States, and probably ranged northwards as far as 

 the State of Maine. It, however, appears to have become 

 extinct in the New England States in the " forties " of the 

 last century. Mr. J. C. Phillips, who has for twenty years 

 kept an accurate record of the ducks and other Avaterfowl 

 shot by him at Wenham Lake in Massachusetts, has drawn 

 up a summary of the list showing that tiie Black Duck 

 {Anas rubripes) is far the most common, while the Gadwall 

 has only one record. Whether Loons and other Diving- 

 birds make use of their wings to aid them when diving is 

 discussed by Mr. E. H. Forbush. An example of the 

 Sheld-Duck (Tadorna tadorna), obtained by Capt. Tobey 

 in Ipswich Bay in October 1921, is the first recorded 

 example from North America, and is figured in the frontis- 

 piece with a notice by Mr. A. P. Morse. Finally, the 



