580 Recently published Orfi/fholoqical Works. [Ibis, 



Chapman' s recent papers. 



[The distribution of the Swallows of tlie g-enus Pi/(/ochelidon, no. 30, 

 pp. 1-16. Descriptions of apparently new birds from Colombia, Ecuador, 

 and Argentine, no. 31, pp. 1-8. By Frank M. Chapman, Amer. JNJus. 

 Novit. 1922.] 



In the first paper there is an interesting discussion of tlie 

 relationships and phylogeny of this little group of Neotropical 

 Swallows. Mr. Chapman finds that P. cyanoleuca is largely 

 confined to the mountainous area of the subtropical zone of 

 South America, and is not generally distributed as usually 

 stated. P. p. patar/onica appears to be a species breeding in 

 the southern temperate zone from southern Peru to Patagonia, 

 and visiting farther north. Two new forms are proposed — 

 P. p. peruviana from western Peru but not ranging up to high 

 altitudes, and P. flavipes, a new and distinct species, but 

 founded on only one example from the Prov. Junin in Peru, 

 at 10,800 ft. elevation. 



The second paper contains preliminai-y descriptions of 

 new species and subspecies of Zenaida, Oreopelia, Jacana, 

 Rupornis, Ciccaba, Glaucidium, and Grallaricula from various 

 localities, and is incidental to the preparation of a report 

 on the distribution of bird-lite in Ecuador^ which we hope 

 shortly to see published. 



J^inn's Birds of our Country. 



[Birds of our Countr3^ By Frank Finu. With about 800 illustrations 

 and numerous coloured plates. Pt. 1, pp. 1-40. London (Hutcliiiison).] 



This is an essentially popular book on British Birds, 

 prepared by Mr. Frank Finn, and profusely illustrated with 

 half-tone reproductions of photographs by various artists. 

 The matter is arranged alphabetically, beginning with the 

 '^Accentor, Alpine,"' and carrying us on in the present part 

 to the " Capercailzie.'^ The pictures do not seem to corre- 

 spond with the text very accurately, as the photographs of 

 the Capercaillies appear on p. 30, while the text is to be 

 found on p. 40 — a bad arrangement, which does not conduce 

 to easy rcEerence. The work will undoubtedly form, when 

 complete, a wonderful storehouse of bird-pictures. There 



