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232 Recent Literature. eal 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Ridgway’s ‘ Manual of North American Birds,’ Second Edition.’ — Mr. 
Ridgway’s excellent ‘ Manual,’ originally published in 1887 (see review 
in Auk, IV, 1887, pp. 333-336), is so well known to the readers of this 
journal that little more is necessary in the present connection than to call 
attention to the points wherein the second edition differs from the first. 
Since the appearance of the first edition, as we learn from the new Preface, 
‘Cor species and subspecies have been added to the North American 
fauna’; of these 12 were included in the analytical ‘keys’ of the first 
edition, ‘‘and it has been necessary in these cases only to change the 
typography of the names and prefix the catalogue number of the Ameri- 
can Ornithologists’ Union ‘ Check List of North American Birds.’ . The 
remainder are given in reguiar order in the Appendix (pages 583-614), 
marginal reference numbers in the body of the work at once directing 
attention to the supplementary matter.” We have thus a new Preface 
(pp. iii-vi), giving explicit directions for using the ‘keys,’ and an 
Appendix of 32 pages of mostly new matter. All typographical errors 
thus far detected have been corrected, but otherwise than as above 
indicated the main body of the work remains unchanged. 
The Appendix, besides adding some 80 species and subspecies not 
given in the preceding pages, includes a number of eliminations, and many 
modifications of and additions to the original text. Thus, in respect to 
Ardea wuerdemannt, we have the following (p. 586): ‘‘ A. wuerdemannt 
is probably an intermediate plumage connecting A. occ¢dentalzs with A. 
wardz, the three forms [being] doubtless merely color-phases of one 
species, for which A. occédentalis is the older name.” Under the genus 
Fulmarus Mr. Ridgway states that he believes the ‘‘ subspecies of F. 
glacialis are probably reducible to two, an Atlantic and a Pacific form. . . 
It is possible that had we good series of specimens from all the breeding 
localities of the species, the above mentioned supposed forms [mzzor, 
glupischa, columba, etc.) could be clearly defined; but I have very 
serious doubts whether their validity can be demonstrated otherwise.” 
The additions include two new genera — Arremonops, type Embernagra 
rupivirgata Lawr., and Oreospiza, type Fringilla chlorura Aud.—and 
one new subspecies, namely, Cardtnalis cardinalis floridanus (p. 606). 
Audubon’s Fringilla macgillivrayt is revived as Ammodramus mart- 
timus macgillivrayi (p. 602), with habitat ‘‘ Coast of Louisiana; coast 
of Texas (Corpus Christi) during migration.” There are also several 
corrections of names, Swla gossi Ridgw. becoming (p. 584) Sula nebouxti 
1A | Manual | of | North American Birds. | By {| Robert Ridgway. | — | 
Illustrated by 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. | — | Second 
Edition, | Philadelphia: | P. B. Lippincott Company. | 1896. — Royal 8vo, 
pp: i-xiii, 1-653, pll. i-cxxiv, and frontispiece, portrait of Prof. Baird. 
