REVIEW. 



Cheek-list of North American Birds. Prepared by a Committee of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union. 3d ed. revised. Cloth. Pp. 430. Price $3.50 net. 

 New York: American Ornithologists' Union. 1910. 



This welcome and long-promised volume is essentially the second 

 edition of the check-list with the interpolation of the various additions 

 and other changes which have been recorded in the supplements since 

 1895. The details of geographical distribution, "range" in the new 

 check-list, are given in much greater detail than ever before, especial 

 attention having been devoted to defining the breeding and seasonal 

 ranges of species and subspecies. The scientific name and verpacular 

 name of each species, or' subspecies, are printed on the same line, followed 

 by the old check-list number. The names of authorities are spelled out. 

 The secondary references and concordance to previous check-lists are 

 omitted, but type localities are given. Names of subspecies are printed 

 in slightly smaller tj'pe than those of species and are designated a, h, c, 

 etc. This is perhaps an advantage so long as trinomials are retained, 

 but the reviewer has not discovered the advantages of trinomials. Ver- 

 nacular names seem to have received but limited attention, the treatment 

 of double names especially being most unhapp3^ Thus we find Water- 

 Turkey, Wood Duck, Tree-duck, Tree Sparrow, Pintail, Spoonbill, Red- 

 head, Buffle-head, Canvas-back, Tropic-bird, Surf-bird, Catbird, Cowbird. 



Two maps, one colored, show the life zones of North America and the 

 localities mentioned in the check-list. 



The paper, press work, and binding of the new check-list are very 

 similar to those of the second edition, that is to say, excellent. 



E. C. McG. 



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