Recently published Ornithological Works. 589 



robinsoni Grant (Bull. B. O. C. xv. p. 69) and Arboricola 

 campbelli Robinson (ibid. p. 28, and ' Ibis/ 1905, p. 165, 

 pi. iv.) are reprinted as being of new Malayan species. 



80. Judd on the Quails, Grouse, and Turkeys of the U.S. 



[(1) The Bobwhite and other Quails of the United States in their 

 Economic Relations. By S. D. Judd. Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 21. 

 Washington, 1905. 



(2) The Grouse and Wild Turkeys of the United States, and their 

 Economic Value. Id. op. cit. No. 24.] 



These two pamphlets, prepared by Mr. Judd, an Assistant 

 in the Biological Survey section of the Department of Agri- 

 culture of the U.S. Government, give a methodical and Avell- 

 written account of the Gallinaceous Birds belonging to the 

 several groups specified in their titles. The economical 

 relations of the birds are specially commented upon, and 

 much information is given as to their food, the exact nature 

 of which has been determined by a careful examination of 

 their stomachs. It is shown that all these game-birds 

 devour large quantities of insects, and are thus of advantage 

 to agriculture. The " Bobwhite" {Ortyw virginianus), how- 

 ever, is presumably a seed-eater, more than 50 per cent, of 

 its food being found to consist of seeds. Many of these 

 seeds are those of injurious plants with which the farmer is 

 constantly at war. Here again the " Bobwhite " is the 

 farmer's friend. At the same time this bird is valuable as 

 an article of diet. Its flesh is stated to be "■ juicy, tender, 

 delicately flavoured, easily digested, and nutritious." 



In the same way the economical value of Grouse and 

 Turkeys is shown in the second pamphlet, in which the 

 essential part that many of these birds play in checking the 

 increase of noxious weeds and insects is enlarged upon. 



81. McGregor's Sotcs on Philippi?ie Birds. 



[(1) Birds from Mindoro and small adjacent Islands, and (2) Notes on 

 Three rare Luzon Birds. By Richard C. McGregor. Bureau of Gov. 

 Lab., No. 34. Manila, 1905.] 



Mr. McGregor, the Collector of Natural History specimens 



