5 8 Recent Literature. [January 
by a Storm which Overtook them in Migration, in May, 1888, by 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam. ‘The Relationship of the Large Florida 
Herons, by W. E. D. Scott. Notes on a Collection of Birds 
from the Vicinity of Quito, by J. A. Allen. On a Collection of 
Birds made in Bolivia by Dr. H. H. Rusby, with Field Notes by 
the Collector, by J. A. Allen. *The Booming of the Bittern, by 
Bradford Torrey. *Remarks on the Three-toed Woodpeckers, 
by Dr. L. Stejneger. *Nesting Habits of Clarke’s Crow, by Capt. 
C. E. Bendire. *Notes on the Southern Breeding Range of Pzzz- 
cola enucleator, by Philip Cox. *The Anhinga, by Col. N.S. 
Goss. *The Main Divisions of the Swifts, by F. A. Lucas.f 
*The Summer Birds of Berkshire Co., Mass., by Walter Faxon.t 
The meeting proved, in point of attendance and in the number 
and character of the papers presented, the most successful thus 
far held, and from a social point of view left little to be desired, 
the Washington members giving their visitors a most cordial 
welcome. On Tuesday evening a reception was given them by 
Dr. and Mrs. Coues, and another on Wednesday evening by Dr. 
Merriam and Mr. Henshaw. 
It was voted to hold the next meeting in New York City, on 
the second Tuesday in November, 1889. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Cooke’s ‘Report on Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley.’{—This 
Report forms ‘Bulletin No. 2’ of the Division of Economic Ornithology of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture—a work that has been long and 
‘‘clamorously” awaited. To quote from the editor’s ‘Prefatory Letter,’ 
the report ‘‘consists of two parts: (1) an introductory portion treating of 
the history and methods of the work, together witha general study of the 
subject of Bird Migration, including the influence of the weather upon the 
movements of birds, the progression of bird waves and causes affecting the 
same, the influence of topography and altitude upon migration, and the 
+ Published in the present number of ‘The Auk.’ 
+ U.S. Department of Agriculture. | Division of Economic Ornithology. | Bulletin 
No. 2. | — | Report | on { Bird Migration | in the | Mississippi Valley | in | the years 
1884 and 1885, | by | W. W. Cooke. | —| Edited and Revised by Dr. C. Hart Mer- 
riam. | —| Washington: | Government Printing Office. | 1888, 8v0, pp. 313, with 
Map. 
