Recent Literature. 107 



P. canarlensis nbsctir^is from the Northwest Coast as a good species, while 

 he has no doubt of the complete intergradation of the Rocky Mountain 

 form capltalis with the Eastern canadensis. 



In relation to the habits of the species mentioned, the Report contains 

 much that is new, and altogether forms one of the most valuable of Mr. 

 Henshaw's important contributions to the history of the birds of the " Far 

 West." — J. A. A. 



Cory's Birds of thk Bahama Islands. — The recently published 

 results of Mr. Cory's eminently successful exploration of the Bahama Isl- 

 ands in the interest of ornithology * forms a valuable addition to our 

 knowledge of the birds of these islands. Of the 149 species recorded, all 

 but about 30 were met with by Mr. Cory, the remainder being given on the 

 authority of the late Dr. Henry Bryant, and Messrs. Moore and Brace, 

 but mainly on that of Dr. Bryant. A few are for the first time enumerated 

 as inhabitants of the Bahamas. In addition to the short descriptions of the 

 species, the relative abundance and distribution of the species is noted, to 

 •which is frequently added a short account of their habits. One species 

 (Ardea cyanirostris) is described and figured as new; it is closely allied 

 to the Louisiana Heron (A. leucogastra lexicopryimm), from which it is 

 alleged to differ in the color of the bill, which has the terminal third 

 black and the remainder sky-blue instead of yellow, and in the plumage 

 being somewhat darker. The other species figured are CrotopJiaga am, 

 Mimocichla plumbea, Spindalis zena, Saurothera hahamensis, Phmnicopterus 

 ruber, Dafila bahamensis, and Sterna anost/neta. Near the close of the volume 

 is given a tabular list of the species, showing their distribution, from which 

 it appears that all but 32 out of the 149 occur also in the United States, 

 while about a dozen are thus far known only from single islands. An 

 Appendi.\ contains a list of 36 species, whose occurrence is regarded as 

 probable, but as yet not known. In point of typography and mechanical 

 execution the work is elegant, and the illustrations are creditable in gen- 

 eral effect, but the artist has ignored the zygodactyle character of the foot 

 in both Crotophaga ani and Saurothera bahamensis. It was evidently pre- 

 pared with a view of supplying to the many visitors to these islands the 

 means for the ready identification of the birds occurring there, as well as 

 to record the author's own careful studies of the bird life of the Bahama 

 Islands. — J, A. A. 



McChesney's Report on the Mammals and Birds of the Big 

 Horn Region, Montana. — Dr. McChesney's Report f proves an inter- 



* Birds of the Bahama Islands ; containing many Birds new to the Islands, 

 and a Number of undescribed Winter Pknnages of North American Birds. By 

 Charles B. Cory, Author of "A Naturalist in the Magdalen Islands," etc. 

 Illustrated. Boston : Publi.shed by the Author, 8 Arlington Street, Boston. 

 1880. 4to. pp. 350, with 8 colored Plates. 



t Pieport on the Mammals and Biids of the General Eegion of the Big Horn 



