66 1 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
species of Geothlypis ; Mr. H. W. Wright the Ducks at 
Boston; Mr. J. C. Phillips the migration of the Anatidse at 
Wenham Lake, Massachusetts; Mr. S. P. Fay the Canvas- 
hack in the same State; Mr. N. McClintock the habits of 
the Hermit-Thrush; Mr. A. H. Norton the occurrences in 
America of Larus minutus ; Mr. F. Smith the breeding in 
Illinois of Phalacrocorax auritus ; Mr. J. C. Wood the 
Warblers of Wayne County, Michigan ; Mr. A. It. Sherman 
the nesting-habits of the Screech Owl; Mr. C. H. Kennedy 
the Sage Thrasher; Messrs. Barbour and Phillips what they 
term {i concealing coloration 93 ; while Mr. J. H. Sage reports 
on the 28th Meeting of the A. O. U. 
66. ‘ The Avicultural Magazine 9 
[Avicultural Magazine. Third Series, Vol. ii. Nos. 5, 6,7 (March-May, 
1911).] 
In a most interesting article, contained in the March 
number, Sir William Ingram gives an account of his attempt 
to acclimatize the Greater Bird-of-Paradise in the West 
Indies. He has bought the island of Little Tobago and 
turned out forty-eight birds, some of which he hoped might 
be females, while two others were to be sent later. The 
report of the Swiss sailor Herold, who acts as caretaker of 
the 400 acres of forest jungle, of which the island consists, 
tells us that the birds have spread over the whole area, but 
never leave it; they eat fruit, insects, and even young birds 
and eggs of other species. Four only have died, but none 
have mated. Mr. R. Cosgrave furnishes notes on the Cranes 
at Lilford Hall, including the breeding of Grus leucauchen 
(pi.), G. leucogeranus , and hybrids of G. canadensis with 
G. viridirostris ; Dr. Butler writes further on the duration 
of birds* lives in captivity; and Air. G. M. Mathews on the 
nests and eggs of some Australian species ( Mirafra milligani , 
Pachycephala melanura , P. lanioides, Rhipidura alisteri , 
Corvus marianx , Psephotus dulciei, and Platycercus cecilice), 
with a few other notes. We have also the regular Bird- 
notes from the Zoological Gardens, by the Curator, and a 
report on the Crystal Palace Bird-show by Messrs. A. Silver 
