174 Recent Literature. [April 
February, and March, 1887, in Bexar, Bee, and Nueces Counties, Texas. 
The list includes 283 species, of which 226 were found in Bexar County. 
All are copiously annotated. Inthe first eleven pages he reviews the 
work of his predecessors in the same field, comparing their results with 
his own, and also describing the topographic and floral features of the 
region under consideration. Hesays: ‘‘At first it was my purpose to 
record only the results of my own observations, but upon reflection it 
seemed better to embody the notes of the other observers who had col- 
lected in the same localities, and thus present a pretty fair picture of the 
avifauna along what I believe to be an important line of faunal inoscula- 
tion, if such a term be permissible.” He thus quotes frequently from the 
observations of Dr. H. B. Butcher, Messrs. H. E. Dresser, N. C. Brown, 
G. B. Sennett, Dr. J. C. Merrill, and J. L. Hancock, whose papers are 
cited in the ‘Bibliography,’ with which the paper closes. He has thus 
not only added much original matter, but condensed in convenient form 
the scattered records of previous observers. Under Colcénus virginianus 
Zexanus (p. 655), he gives at length his reasons for believing that C. 
graysont will be found to intergrade with this form as well as with C. 
ridgwayt. At p. 686 he notes his interesting experience with the rare 
Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendrozca chrysoparia), and has many pleas- 
ant biographical notes on many of the lesser known species. This, it is 
sad to recall, was nearly Mr. Beckham’s last work in ornithology, his 
death occurring even before the publication of the present paper (see Auk, 
Vos 445) Sy Aen 
Minor Ornithological Publications.—‘Forest and Stream,’ Vols. XXVIII 
and XXIX contains the following notes and papers (Nos. 1287-1388) :— 
1287. Food of Hawks and Owls. ‘Forest and Stream,’ Vol. XXVIII, No. 
1, Jan. 27, 1887, p. 3.—Report of the West Chester (Pa.) Microscopical 
Society, giving tabulated results of the examination of Hawks’ and Owls’ 
stomachs, and also a paper of the same nature by L. S. Foster; the whole 
forming a most important contribution to our knowledge of this subject. 
1288. The English Sparrow. By J. L. Davison. Lbéd., No. 1, Jan. 27, 
p- 4.—Advising its extermination. 
1289. Michigan Winter Bird Notes. By E. L. Mosely. Ibéd., No. 1 
Jan. 27, p. 4.—Notes on six species. 
1290. The Terns of Muskeget Island. Editorial. b¢d.,No 2, Feb. 3, 
p- 23-—An officer placed on the island to prevent their slaughter by mil- 
linery collectors. 
1291. Midwinter Appearance of the Linnet (Carpodacus purpureus) 
_at Halifax, N.S. By J. Matthew Jones. Jbid., No. 2, Feb. 3, p. 24. 
1292. A Duck's Homing. From Rutland (Vt.) Herald. Jb7d., No. 2, 
Feb. 3, p- 24. 
1293. Szowy Owl. By A. A. A. IJbid., No. 2, Feb. 3, p. 24.—At 
North East, Erie Co., Pa. 
1294. Canadian Game and Fish Resorts. By Ernest E. Thompson. 
Ibid., No. 3, Feb. 10, p. 42.—Notes on Canadian game birds. 
1295. Hlorida Bird Notes. By H. A. Kline. Jbéd., No. 3, Feb. 10, pp- 
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