148 Receiifhj puh/lsJu'd OrmthoJogicaJ Works. 



Sooty Terns, the youug of wliicli differ remarkably from 

 those of Sterna ; similarly Melanosterna is adopted as a 

 genus for *S'. ancsstheta auct., which also exhibits peculiar 

 changes of plumage, as does the '^ Bro'wn- winged Tern/' 

 now denominated fuscatus instead of fidiginosus. Careful 

 attention has been given to the Noddy Terns, and the most 

 modern account is given of the curious breeding-habits of 

 Gygis. Finally, woodcuts are inserted to illustrate the 

 pattern of the wing-feathers in Bruc/tir/avia, the name 

 adopted for the Australian " Silver Gull." 



Four new generic terms are proposed : — Nealbafrus for 

 Thalassogeron chlororhi/ncIiKS, Diomedella for T. cautus, 

 Gygisterna for Sterna sumatrana, and Anousella for Anous 

 leucocapillus, two of these names being of a somewhat 

 hybrid character. MegaJopterus of Boie is also preferred to 

 Micranons, and his specific title minutus to leucocapillus of 

 Gould. 



No less than thirty new subspecies are proposed : — 

 Pelecanoides winatrix copplngeri , P. garnotl lessoni, P. g. 

 magelhan, Dlomedea exulans rothscluhU, D. epomophora mac- 

 cormicki {^■=regia Buller), Tlialassardie melanophris impavida, 

 T. m. belcheri, T. m. riclnnondi, Thulassogerun chrijso- 

 sfoma harterti, Phcebetria palpebrata tmttom. P. fusca 

 campbelli, Hydrochelidon levcopareia legge'i, H. I. delnland'ii, 

 H. I. sinnhoei, Gelocfielidon nilotica addenda, G. n. grUnvoldi, 

 TJialasseus herg'ii bakeri, T. b. edwardsi, T. bengalensis arab/cus, 

 Ster7ia dovgaUi bangsi, S. d. arideensis, Sternnla nereis exsid, 

 Melanosterna ancct/iefus recognita, Anous stolidus gilberti, 

 Megalopterus minutus americanus, M. m. atlanticus, Prucel- 

 sterna cerulea nebou.vi, P. c. imitatrix, Gygis alba royana, 

 G. a. monte, and Bruchigavin nora-hollandife forsteri . 



Morse on tJie Birds of Eastern Massachusetts. 



[A Pocket-list of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts, Avith special 

 reference to Essex County. By Alfred P. Morse. Published hy the 

 Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass. 1912. 94 pp. Sm. 8vo.] 



This little handbook has been prepared at the request of 

 the Museum Committee of the Peabody Academy of Science, 



