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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  49. 
  Cory's 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  West-Indian 
  Birds' 
  

  

  [Catalogue 
  of 
  West-Indian 
  Birda, 
  containing 
  a 
  List 
  of 
  all 
  Species 
  known 
  

   to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Bahama 
  Islands, 
  the 
  Greater 
  Antilles, 
  the 
  Caymans, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Lesser 
  Antilles, 
  excepting 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  Tobago 
  and 
  Trinidad. 
  By 
  

   Charles 
  B. 
  Cory. 
  4to. 
  Boston 
  : 
  1892.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cory's 
  new 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  West-Indian 
  Birds 
  ' 
  is 
  

   another 
  valuable 
  contribution 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  avi- 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Antillean 
  Subregion, 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  long 
  

   made 
  a 
  subject 
  of 
  successful 
  study. 
  In 
  his 
  preface 
  Mr. 
  Cory 
  

   divides 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  into 
  three 
  groups 
  — 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  the 
  

   Greater 
  Antilles, 
  ana 
  tUc 
  Lesser 
  Antilles. 
  To 
  the 
  first 
  

   category 
  are 
  attributed 
  33 
  component 
  islands, 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  

   17, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  33, 
  making 
  altogether 
  83 
  islands, 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  critically 
  examined 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cory 
  and 
  

   his 
  collectors 
  — 
  operations 
  which 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  splendid 
  

   series 
  of 
  from 
  14,000 
  to 
  15,000 
  specimens 
  of 
  birds. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cory 
  commences 
  with 
  a 
  " 
  table 
  of 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  

   peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indies," 
  and 
  a 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  ornitho- 
  

   logical 
  publications 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  arranged 
  first 
  geographic- 
  

   ally 
  and 
  then 
  chronologically. 
  The 
  former 
  of 
  these 
  enables 
  

   one 
  to 
  see 
  at 
  a 
  glance 
  what 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  each 
  individual 
  island, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  useful 
  to 
  future 
  

   investigators. 
  The 
  systematic 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  birds, 
  which 
  

   follows, 
  is 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  fashion 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Code. 
  It 
  enumerates 
  585 
  species 
  and 
  subspecies, 
  of 
  which 
  

   293 
  are 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  Antillean 
  Subregion, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   annexed 
  Table 
  (p. 
  267) 
  . 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  38 
  genera 
  of 
  birds 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  

   of 
  which 
  1 
  is 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  24 
  to 
  the 
  Greater 
  

   Antilles, 
  and 
  8 
  to 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Antilles. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  general 
  list 
  are 
  given 
  a 
  very 
  useful 
  list 
  of 
  species 
  

   and 
  subspecies 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  islands, 
  and 
  an 
  Ap- 
  

   pendix, 
  which 
  contains 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  critical 
  notes. 
  

  

  The 
  plan 
  adopted 
  of 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  islands 
  by 
  

   numbers 
  only 
  is 
  not, 
  we 
  think, 
  a 
  good 
  one, 
  and 
  saves 
  little 
  

   space, 
  while 
  it 
  gives 
  unnecessary 
  trouble 
  and 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  lead 
  

   to 
  error. 
  Nor 
  is 
  the 
  map 
  quite 
  so 
  clear 
  as 
  it 
  ought 
  to 
  be. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  some 
  very 
  obvious 
  misprints 
  in 
  the 
  scientific 
  

  

  