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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  disposition, 
  and 
  intelligence 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  minutest 
  of 
  the 
  feathered 
  

   kind." 
  Particulars 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  nests 
  and 
  eggs 
  of 
  various 
  species 
  

   are 
  then 
  given. 
  These 
  are 
  illustrated 
  by 
  14 
  plates, 
  mostly 
  

   copied 
  from 
  Gould's 
  Monograph, 
  hut 
  original 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   Stellula 
  calliojje. 
  Next 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  chapter 
  on 
  the 
  pterylosis 
  

   and 
  anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  Humming-birds 
  (contributed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   F. 
  A. 
  Lucas), 
  and 
  a 
  copiously 
  illustrated 
  essay 
  on 
  the 
  varia- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  their 
  structure 
  and 
  plumage. 
  Finally, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  

   'M)rief 
  description 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  brilliantly-colored 
  

   kinds 
  *^ 
  of 
  this 
  wonderful 
  family, 
  and 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  17 
  

   species 
  wdiich 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  embracing 
  the 
  principal 
  synonymy, 
  characters, 
  and 
  

   habits, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  known. 
  Nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  these 
  

   species 
  are 
  figured 
  on 
  lithographic 
  plates 
  — 
  uncoloured, 
  but 
  

   excellently 
  drawn, 
  and 
  of 
  material 
  use 
  for 
  identification. 
  

   Altogether 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  elaborate 
  and 
  interesting 
  memoir 
  

   upon 
  Avliat 
  is 
  evidently 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  author's 
  favourite 
  subjects. 
  

  

  43. 
  Ridgway 
  on 
  two 
  new 
  Subspecies 
  of 
  Basileuterus. 
  

  

  [Descriptions 
  of 
  two 
  new 
  Forms 
  of 
  Basileuterus 
  rufifrons, 
  from 
  Mexico. 
  

   By 
  Robert 
  Ridgway. 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  xv. 
  p. 
  119.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Eidgway 
  characterizes 
  as 
  subspecies 
  Basileuterus 
  rufi- 
  

   frons 
  jouyi 
  from 
  North-east 
  Mexico 
  and 
  B. 
  r. 
  dugesi 
  from 
  

   Western 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  44. 
  Scott's 
  ' 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Florida.' 
  

  

  [Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  tlie 
  Caloosahatchie 
  Region 
  of 
  Florida. 
  By 
  

   W. 
  E. 
  D. 
  Scott. 
  ' 
  Tlie 
  Auk/ 
  ix. 
  p. 
  209.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Scott 
  devoted 
  five 
  months 
  in 
  the 
  wdnter 
  of 
  1891-2 
  to 
  

   the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Caloosahatchie 
  River 
  in 
  Florida, 
  

   his 
  central 
  point 
  being 
  Fort 
  Myers 
  in 
  Lee 
  County. 
  It 
  must 
  

   be 
  a 
  good 
  station, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Scott 
  an 
  energetic 
  collector, 
  for 
  

   1200 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained, 
  which 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  259 
  

   species. 
  Of 
  these 
  a 
  list 
  is 
  given, 
  to 
  which 
  are 
  appended 
  

   field-notes 
  on 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  of 
  them. 
  This 
  part 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  is 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  Botaurus 
  neoxenus 
  (Cory), 
  little 
  know^n 
  

   in 
  European 
  collections, 
  and 
  Himantopus 
  mexicanus 
  breeds 
  

   there. 
  

  

  