500 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



XVII.— Obituary, 



We have heard with great regret of the sudden death of 



our fellow-member, j\Ir. E. Gibson, whose last paper filled 



much of the January number. Living as he did to a great 



extent in South America, he was not so much among us as 



most of our contributors, but his memory was kept green 



by a series of articles contributed to ' The Ibis ' from 1879 



to the present time, Tliey all deal with the ornithology 



of Argentina and its neighl)ours ; for instance, one was 



entitled '^ Ornithological Notes from Buenos Ayres, ^' 



another "Notes on the Birds of Paysandu, Republic of 



Uruguay.'^ Mr. Gibson was also much concerned in 



Sclater and Hudson's 'Argentine Ornithology,^ while his 



work was always cliaracterized by great thoroughness and 



fullness of detail. At such places as the head-station at 



Yngleses, within reach of the coast as well as the interior 



of the country, he was specially well posted for general 



observation of migratory or of residential birds. In fact, 



it will be exceptionally difficult to fill the place of so 



expert a field-naturalist in that district of the Southern 



Hemisphere. He died on October 26, 1919. 



XVIII. — Notices of recent Ornit/iological Publications. 



Bangs on the Jiingle-Foivl and a neiv Hawk. 



[The Name of the Common Jmifile Fowl. By Outram Bangs ami 

 Thomas Edward Penard, 



A new Bed-slioiildered Hawk from the Fhn-ida Keys. Proc. New 

 Eng. Zool. Chib, vol. vii. pp. 23-25, 35.] 



In the first article the authors discuss the nomenclature 

 of the three subspecies of Gallus. They conclude that 

 Gallus gallus is applicable to the Bengal form, and must 

 not be rejected. 



In the second paper ^Mr. Bangs describes a new sub- 

 suecies { Buteo lineatus extimus) from Florida. 



