Recently published Ornithological Works. 161 



5. Song and Flight, 



H. W. Wriglit contributes a second paper on the early 

 morning and late evening song of bii'ds (pp. 512-537). He 

 finds the earliest birds to greet the dawn are Flycatchers 

 (Tyrannidse), Sparrows, and Thrushes, and of these the 

 Wood Pewee (^Myiochanes virens) commences the chorus at 

 about 82 minutes before sunrise, while the last bird to sing 

 in the evening is the Thrush [Hylocichla swainsoni) , which 

 ceases 37 minutes after sunset. Apparently the silence of 

 the night in New Hampshire is never broken by the song 

 of a Nightingale or any other night-singing bird, 



R. T. Moore (pp. 177-187) has reduced to musical 

 notation the song of the Fox Sparrow {Passerella iliaca) in 

 the Magdalen Islands of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, its most 

 southern breeding limit. 



Alex, Forbes (p. 359) writes on the gliding flight of Gulls 

 often noticed behind or on the lee side of a steamer, when 

 the wind is nearly ahead. He believes that these birds are 

 able to glide horizontally, without moving their wings, 

 through the agency of ascending currents caused by the 

 movement of the ship against the wind. 



6, Avian Palaeontology. 



The veteran E. W. Shufeldt (pp. 29-39) contributes an 

 article on the extinct Meleagridae of the United States. He 

 gives an account of three species, which were described by 

 Marsh many years ago on what Dr. Shufeldt regards as 

 quite insufficient evidence owing to the fragmentary nature 

 of the remains. 



Journal fur Ornitliologie. 



[Journal far Ornitliologie. Herausgegeten von Prof, Dr. Ant. 

 Eeichenow. 61 Jalirgang, 1913, Heft 1 to 4 and 2 Sondertieft.] 



This magazine is the father of all ornithological periodicals; 

 the first volume dates from 1853, so that it is seven years 

 older than ' The Ibis.' The number of articles in the present 

 volume is very large, and all that we can do here is to give 

 Some indication of the principal contents. 



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