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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  calls 
  it 
  Porphyriornis 
  comeri 
  (gen. 
  et 
  sp. 
  nov.), 
  and 
  refers 
  

   Gallinula 
  nesiotis, 
  Scl. 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1861, 
  p. 
  261, 
  pi. 
  xxx.), 
  from 
  

   Tristan 
  d'Acunha, 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  genus. 
  

  

  4. 
  Bendire's 
  Life- 
  Histories 
  of 
  North- 
  American 
  Birds. 
  

  

  [Life-IIistories 
  of 
  Nortli- 
  American 
  Birds, 
  with 
  special 
  reference 
  to 
  

   their 
  breeding-liabits 
  and 
  eggs, 
  with 
  twelve 
  lithographic 
  Plates. 
  By 
  

   Charles 
  Bendire, 
  Captain 
  U.S. 
  Army 
  (Retired). 
  1vol. 
  4to. 
  Washington: 
  

   1892. 
  (Smiths. 
  Inst. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Special 
  Bulletin, 
  No. 
  1.] 
  

  

  Capt. 
  Bendire^s 
  name 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  observant 
  and 
  experienced 
  of 
  the 
  field-naturalists 
  

   of 
  North 
  America, 
  and 
  a 
  leading 
  authority 
  upon 
  its 
  birds 
  and 
  

   their 
  eggs. 
  As 
  Honorary 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Oology 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  he 
  has 
  splendid 
  oppor- 
  

   tunities 
  for 
  preparing 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  treatise 
  on 
  this 
  subject, 
  

   of 
  which 
  he 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  fully 
  availed 
  himself. 
  But 
  the 
  

   work 
  does 
  not 
  consist 
  merely 
  of 
  descriptions 
  of 
  nests 
  and 
  

   eggs. 
  '' 
  Special 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  life-history, 
  

   the 
  migratory 
  and 
  breeding 
  ranges, 
  and 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  each 
  

   species.'^ 
  

  

  The 
  classification 
  and 
  nomenclature 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Check- 
  

   list 
  of 
  the 
  A. 
  O. 
  U., 
  and 
  every 
  species 
  and 
  subspecies 
  is 
  treated 
  

   of 
  separately, 
  and 
  its 
  breeding-range 
  defined 
  as 
  accurately 
  

   as 
  possible 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  sources 
  of 
  informa- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  volume 
  contains 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Gallinse, 
  

   Columbse, 
  Accipitres, 
  and 
  Striges, 
  altogether 
  146 
  species. 
  

   The 
  twelve 
  plates 
  contain 
  figures 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   species. 
  They 
  are 
  beautifully 
  drawn 
  and 
  coloured. 
  

  

  5. 
  Bocage 
  on 
  Birds 
  from 
  Benguela. 
  

  

  [Aves 
  do 
  Sertao 
  de 
  Beuguella. 
  Por 
  J. 
  V. 
  Barhoza 
  du 
  Bocage. 
  Jorn. 
  

   Sc. 
  Lisboa, 
  (2) 
  vii. 
  p. 
  157.] 
  

  

  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  de 
  Sousa, 
  M. 
  Barboza 
  du 
  

   Bocage 
  has 
  again 
  assumed 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Lisbon 
  

   Museum 
  for 
  some 
  months, 
  and 
  continues 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  

   Anchieta's 
  collections 
  in 
  Quissanga, 
  commenced 
  by 
  de 
  Sousa 
  

   in 
  1889 
  (see 
  Ibis, 
  1890, 
  p. 
  120). 
  The 
  present 
  paper 
  gives 
  

  

  