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THE OOLOOrST 



BOOKS RECEIVED 



"A Bibliograpliy of British Orni- 

 thology from the Earliest Times — 

 Supplement — Chronological List of 

 British Birds, by H. Kirke Swann, 

 P. Z. S. etc., Weldon & Wesley, Limit- 

 ed, 4 Arthur Street, London. Pub- 

 lished October 1st, 1923. Price 5/Net." 



This publication of 42 pages is all 

 that its title claims it to be and will 

 be of great service to those interested 

 in the subject, in which it treats, and 

 will be indispensable to those who 

 endeavored to keep up with the vari- 

 ous changes of names inflicted upon 

 our numerous species and sub-species 

 and varieties of birds. 



The first division of this publica- 

 tion, page IX-XVII gives the date and 

 original reference on which the dif- 

 ferent genera of birds is established, 

 following this P. P. 132 is a Chrono- 

 logical List of British Birds giving 

 the names (the Scientific and Popu- 

 lar) by which each of them are at 

 present known and the authority on 

 which the name is based. Pp. 34, is 

 devoted to a list of Generic names 

 which have been discarded, and pp 

 37-42 a similar list of Specific names; 

 all of which will tend to further en- 

 lighten the student as to the cause of 

 the apparently endless confusion into 

 which bird names have fallen. 



R. M. Barnes. 



American Forestry 



October 19th, 1923, pages 624-30 con- 

 tains a splendid article on the sub- 

 ject of "Grouse and Quail Exhibition 

 in the Bird Hall of the United States 

 Museum," by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, il- 

 lustrated by ten half tones of mount- 

 ed specimens. 



How in the world the doctor turns 

 out so much and such splendid writ- 

 ing is a source of continual wonder to 

 many of his friends. — R. M. B. 



A Separate from "The Emu," Vol- 

 ume XXIII 1923 pp 4-18, entitled 

 "Comparative Osteology of the Aus- 

 tralian Mud Builders," by Dr. R. W. 

 Shufeldt of Washington, D. C. is an 

 exhaustive review of this subject, 

 thoroughly Scientific — as is the doc- 

 tor's habit when dealing with scien- 

 tific subjects and exhaustive in detail. 



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R. M. B. 



