304 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis^ 



records wliicli extend the range in many cases, and acts as a 

 comj)lete vade mecuni for tliose interested in tlie subject. 



Of special interest are tlie preliistoric LynXj the Ror- 

 quals^ the Barred Warbler, the Black Redstart, the Harriers, 

 and the Crane, while the Bats and Fishes are most important 

 items, which must not be overlooked. The continued pros- 

 perity of the colonies of Roseate Terns and the regular 

 breeding of tlie Black-necked Grelje furnish particularly 

 pleasant reading to the lover of birds. 



Further notes on North Welsh zoologists, a section on 

 Extinct Mammals, and Corrigenda to the earlier work, show 

 that the present is to be taken to some extent as supple- 

 mentaiy to it. 



Hudson on British Birds. 



[Bu-ds in Town and Village. By W. II. Iludsoii. Loiulou, Toronto, 

 and New York : 1919, pp. 1-274 ; 8 col. pis.] 



This book is in the main a rei)rint of the author's 'Birds 

 in a Village,' a very popular account of the species met 

 with in a single locality, though it gives a good idea of 

 those likely to be found in many a southern county — their 

 abundance, increase, or decrease. There are several emen- 

 dations and considerable omissions. 



The new feature of the book is a supplementary portion 

 consisting of short Essays : — sucli, for instance, as those on 

 " Birds in a Cornish village," and on " Exotic Birds." The 

 latter comprises a plea for the introduction of foreign 

 birds, especially tiiose of beautiful plumage or interesting 

 habits. We are afraid that most of our readers will hardly 

 agree with Mr. Hudson on this point, though so contro- 

 versial a subject cannot be discussed in our limited space. 



Shufeldt on a Philippine Gallinule. 



[Tlie Osteolouy of the Giant Gallinule of the Philippines, Porphyrio 

 pulverulentus Temniinck. By R. W. Shufeldt. Philip. Jonrn. Orn. xiv. 

 No. 1. Manila : 1919.] 



A highly technical article in the careful and exact method 

 customary with the well-known author, wherein he compares 

 the skeleton of this gigantic paludicoline bird with that 



