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Recently published Ornithological Works. 
It appears that the Hungarian ornithologists have already 
taken up the plan of marking captured birds with metal 
rings, as pursued at Rossitten, on which we find an instruc¬ 
tive report by Mr. J. Schenk. The birds chiefly operated 
upon were Storks, Spoonbills, Gulls, and Night-Herons. 
3. ‘ The Aukd 
[The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. July, October, 
1909.] 
In the July number Mr. C. W. Richmond concludes his 
reprint of the ornithological portion of the writings of 
C. S. Rafinesque, which include papers and pamphlets in 
French, English, and Italian. According to his views, 
some of our present generic and specific names require 
alteration in consequence of Rafinesque’s writings. Dr. C. W. 
Townsend contributes an interesting article on the use of 
the wings and feet by diving birds, with remarks on those 
that use the wings under water and those that do not ; he 
also writes fully on the invasion of New England by the 
Carolina Wren. Mr.S. Trotter discusses the geological and 
geographical relations of the land-birds of North-eastern 
America, their modifications, the alteration of their habits 
or habitats, and, in short, their change of status generally. 
Mr. Ruthven Deane gives the history of the unique specimen 
of Townsend’s Bunting from a copy of the original manu¬ 
script sent by Townsend to Audubon. Mr. A. H. Felger 
furnishes an annotated list of the Water-birds of Weld, 
Morgan, and Adams counties in Colorado, with three maps ; 
and Mr. W. P. Taylor discusses hybridisation in Humming¬ 
birds, in consequence of having shot what he believes to 
be a hybrid. Lastly, we have the fifteenth Supplement 
to the A. O. U. ‘ Check-List/ of which a new edition is 
about to be published. In this we notice that it is pro¬ 
posed to substitute Cryptoglaux for Glaux , Machetes for 
Pavoncella, Chcemepelia for Columbigallina, Archilochus for 
Trochilus, Ammodramus for Coturniculus, Passerherbidus for 
Ammodramus , and Vermivora for Helminthophila. There are 
also changes in the titles of the families and subfamilies to 
