Recently published OrnitJioIoijical JVorks. C65 



Dr. Bisliop describes a new subspecies of the Ked- 

 sliouldcred Hawk [Buteo lineatus /t^rr//^^.*), Mr. Boys anotber 

 of tbc Kuft'ed Grouse [Bonasa uinbelhis thayeri); Mi'. Giuncll 

 makes a new species of tbe so-called "Hawaiian Linnet" 

 fas Curpodacus mutans\ tliougb Mr. Pbillips states tbat 

 tbe change in tbe males from red to yellow or orange is an 

 insufficient reason for giving it a new name. Furtber articles 

 on single species are tbose on Telespiza cantans and its 

 pterylosis by Mr. H. L. Clark^ on tbe Carolina Paroquet by 

 Mr. Wrigbt, on the Black Duck and its allies by Dr. Towns- 

 end and Mr. Pbillips, on bis eggs of tlie Great Auk by 

 Mr. Tbayer, on tbe Sage Thrasher by Mr. Kennedy and 

 Palmer's Tbrasber by Mr. Stafford^ on tbe Passenger 

 Pigeon by JNIr. Hodge (no certain records of late), on 

 Pisohia minutilla by Mr. Moore, and on Phaethoii amtr'i- 

 canus by Mr. Gross. Tbe last two papers are of considerable 

 value and describe tbe babits o£ tbe birds in the jNIagdalen 

 Islands and tbe Bermudas respectively, with tbe addition of 

 good illustrations of the young. ]\]r. Phillips has also written 

 on American Black Ducks in general, and jNIr. Bryan on 

 the Canary's acclimatization on Midway Island, Hawaiian 

 group. 



Lastly, we must draw attention to tbe account of the 

 29tli Meeting of the A. O. U. by Mr. Sage; and more 

 particularly to the XVItb Supplement to tbe A. O. U. 

 List of Birds; while Obituary Notices are given of Mr. H. 

 A. Purdie (an original member) and of Prof. Wbitmau. 



90. ' Aviculiural Magazine.' 



[Aviculiural Magazine. Third Series. Vol. iii. Nos. 8-10 (Juue-Aii{i-., 

 1912).] 



The regular notes of ]\Ir. Seth Smith on tbe Zoological 

 Gardens are perhaps the chief items in tlie&e numbers ; they 

 record tbe acquisition of a rare and beautiful Lory, CalUptilus 

 sulitarius (brought by Dr. Babr), of the King's Nepaulese 

 Collection, and of anotber Collection presented by tbe 

 Government of tbe Federated Malay States. They also 

 mention tbe breeding of Tribonyx venlralis, Geocichla 



