56 1" Recently jmhUshed Ornithological Works. 



species o£ Geothlypis ; Mr. H. W. Wright the Ducks at 

 Boston; Mr. J. C. Phillips the migration of the Anatidse at 

 Wenliara Lake, Massacliusetts ; Mr. S. P. Fay the Canvas- 

 back in the same State; Mr. N. McClintock the habits of 

 the Ilermit-Thrnsh ; Mr. A. H. Norton the occurrences in 

 America of Lams minutus ; Mr. F. Smith the breeding in 

 Illinois of Plialacrocorax auritus; jNIr^ J. C. AVood the 

 Warblers of Wayne Comity^ Michigan ; Mr. A. 11. Sherman 

 the nesting-ha])its of the Screech 0\\\ ; Mr. C. II. Kennedy 

 the Sage Thrasher; Messrs. B:irbour and Phillips what they 

 term '' concealing coloration^'; while Mr. J. II. Sage reports 

 on the 28th Meeting of the A. O. U. 



66. ' The AvicuUural Magazine.' 



[Avicultural M;igaziue. Third Series, Vol. ii. Nos. 5, G, 7 (March-Mar, 

 1911).] 



In a most interesting article, contained in the March 

 nundjcr, Sir AVilliam Ingram gives an account of his attempt 

 to acclimatize the Greater Bird-of-Paradise in the West 

 Indies. He has bought the island of Little Tobago and 

 turned out forty-eight birds, some of which he hoped might 

 be females, wliile two others were to be sent later. The 

 report of the Swiss sailor Herold, who acts as caretaker o£ 

 the 400 acres of forest jungle, of which the island consists, 

 tells lis that tlie birds have spread over the whole area, but 

 uevcr leave it; they cat fruit, insects, and even young birds 

 and eggs of other species. Four only have died, but none 

 Jiave mated. Mr. R. Cosgrave furnishes notes on the Cranes 

 at Lilford Hall, including the breeding of Grus leucauchen 

 (pi.), G. leucogeranus, and hybrids of G. canadensis with 

 G. viridirostris ; Dr. Butler writes further on the duration 

 of birds' lives in captivity ; and Mr. G. ]M. Matliews on tlie 

 nests and eggs of some Australian species [Mirafra mil/igani, 

 Pacliycepliala melanura, P. lanioides, Rhlpldura alisteri, 

 Corvus mariaticP., Pseplwtm dvlciei, and Platycercus cecilia')^ 

 with a few other notes. We have also the regular I^ird- 

 notcs from the Zoological Gardens, by the Curator, and a 

 report on the Crystal Palace Bird-show by Messrs. A. Silver 



