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The Ornithological Journals. -Lore.• XXXIII, No. 5. September-October, 1931. My Window Studio. By Fannie Hoyt.--Excellent photographs of various at a feeding shelf. Bird life on a City Lot. By Gertrude Mansfield. Photographsof Trumpeter Swansin Wyoming. By F. C. Walcott. Field-Notes on Marbled Godwits (with photographs). By H. H. Pitt- man and G. W. Monson. There is an interestingnote on springmigration in Louisiana. By George Lowery, Jr., and notes on Water Ouzels by C. M. Leonard and B.C. Hiatt in the Field Notes Department. The Audubon Department article by Dr. Allen treats of the Canvasback with numerousphotographs and a coloredplate by Brooks. The Condor. • XXXIII, No. 5. September-October, 1931. Hummingbird Boarders. By l•obert S. Woods.--Interesting experi- ments on wild birds to determine food preferences,behaviour, etc. Per- fumes proved to have no attraction for them; red colors drew them at once while they paid no attention whatever to green. History of a Nesting Colony of Caspian Terns on San FranciscoBay. By Dudley S. BeGroot. Studies of Food and Growth of the Prairie Falcon. By F. H. Fowler. Songsof the Baird Sparrow. By A.D. DuBois.--An elaborate list of utterancesdescribed by the syllabic method. Some Changesin the Bird Life of WesternOrange County, California. By J. McB. Bobertson. A New Speciesof l•oad-l•unner from Quarternary Cave Depositsin New Mexico. By Hildegarde Howard.--Geococcyxconklingi (p. 208). There is a synopsisof the contentsof Lichtenstein'spaper on California birds, 1840, in Notes Department. The Condor. XXXIII, No. 6. November-December, 1931. Banding Canada Geesein California in 1931. By JamesMoffit. SomeFlocking Habits of the Crowned Sparrows. By John B. Price.- With detailed maps showingrange of individual flocks. The Scientific Name of the Western Sandpiper. By T. S. Palmer.- Historical. The Wilson Bulletin. 8 XLIII, No. 3. September,1931. An Analysisof a Seriesof Photographsof the CommonTern. By P.S. Pettingill, Jr. x Editor, Dr. Frank M. Chapman, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 77th St. and Central Park, W., l•ew York City. Subscription etc., to "Bird-Lore," Harrisburg, Pa. Bi- monthly, $1.50 per year. • Editor, Dr. Joseph Grinnell, Mum Vert. Zool., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif. Subscriptions etc., to J. McB. Robertson, Buena Park, Calif. Bi-monthly, $3.00 per year ($3.25 outside the U.S.). 8 Editor, T. O. Stephens, Sioux City, Iowa. Subscriptions etc., to Dr. Jesse M. Shaver, Peabody Oo[lege, Nashville, Tenn. QUarterly, $1.50 per year ($2.00 outside the U.S.). Vol.1932XLIX] J R•C•M•Literature. 135

EcologicalFactors in Migration. By RuskinS. Freer.--An exceptionally fer61efarm in the usuallyless fertile expanseof the Virginia Piedmontis a stopping-placefor birdscharacteristic of suchenvironments in but rare elsewherein this Virginia area. Pioneersin EconomicOrnithology. By Mrs. H. J. Taylor. Birdsof SouthernLouisiana. By Alfred M. Bailey and Earl G. Wright (concluded). The Oõlogist. • XLVIII, No. 9. September,1931. The Blue Goose.--In reviewingMr. Sutton'spaper in the July •Auk' Mr. R. M. Barnesstates that in all hybrid geese(Little Snow X Blue) raised by him there were noneof the white-belliedbirds considered by Sutton to be hybrids. Bird-Banding.• II, No. 4. October, 1931. SomeDetails of the Migration Habits of White-throatedSparrows. By Mabel Gillespie.--Migrationcontinues during the winter in additionto the wintering individuals. Avian Mortality. By Oliver L. Austin, Jr. On the Status of Juncosin the East Having White Wing-bands. By Lewis O. Shelley.--A summary of recordedspecimens. The use of the term albinistic is rather loose;it can hardly be applied to a symmetrical arrangementof colorsuch as the wingband, this, whenit occursin a species or race not normally possessingit, is more likely a reversionto an earlier type of coloration. Mrs. Gillespie'sspecimen of aikeniin Pennsylvaniawa• very carefully describedin life. In addition to very marked wing bands it was largerthan hyemalisand had moreextensive white areason the tail. Recoveriesof PurpleGrackles Banded at Paoli,Pa., 1923-1931.By HoraceD. McCann.--Most birdswent southalong the coastalplane, a few to the north. Some Notes on the Breeding of the Vesper Sparrow. By Lincoln Bryant, Jr. The Migrant. • II, No. 3, September,1931. Field Notes on the Spar- rows of Tennessee. By GeorgeR. Mayfield. Nesting Habits of the Parula Warbler. By F. M. Jones. Alongthe Mississippiin Augustand September. By Ben B. Coffey,Jr. Iowa Bird Life. 4 I, No. 3, September, 1931. Notes on Iowa Birds. The l•ven. • II, No. 8-9, August-September,1931. [Mimeographed Jour•l.] Notes on birds of Virginia. • Editor and Publisher, R. M. Barnes, Laeon, Ill. Monthly, 50 cts. per year. • Editor, Charles L. Whittle, River Crossroads, Peterboro, 1•. H. Subscrip- tions etc., to Charles B. Floyd, 95 South St., , Mass. Quarterly, $1.50 per year. • Editor, George B. Woodring, 1414 Stratt0n Ave., Nashville, Tenn. Quarterly. 4 Editor, Fred J. Peirce, Winthrop, Iowa. Quarterly, 50 cts. per year. • Editor, Dr. J. J. Murray, Lynchburg, Va. (Mlmeographed Journal). 136 [aan.Auk

Aviculture. x (SeriesII) III, Nos. 9 to 11. September,October, and November, 1931. Brief Notes on Asiatic Birds. By R. M. deSchanensee.--Withpersonal observationsin Siam (Nos. 9 and 10). Notes on Birds of 's Metropolis. By R. W. Sheppard.--(Nos. 9 and 10.) Numerous articles on cage birds and aviaries. Colored plates by Plath of Chloropsisaurifrons, Pyrrhulopsistabuensis and a groupof Weaver Finches,in the three numbers,respectively. Our Trip to Old Mexico. By J. H. Arnold.--(No. 11.)

The Ibis.• (13 series)I, No. 4. October, 1931. Notes on SomeBirds of the Bauchi Plateau [Africa]. By J. Dent Young. FrancoisLe Vaillant, 1753-1824,an Early FrenchOrnithologist. By W. L. Sclater. The Maroon Pigeon of Sao Thorne. By D. A. Bannerman.--Last ex- ample taken forty-three years ago. Occurrenceof Kittiwakes on North Atlantic Steamer Routes. By Thomas McKittrick, Jr. Accountof Birds Collectedin SierraLeone and FrenchGuinea. By I). A. Bannerman. Birds from Central South Africa. By N. B. Kinnear. Anatomical Review of the Waders. By Percy 1•. Lowe.--Arrangement of the suborders,Grues, Grni-Limicolae,Limicolae and Lari-Limicolae and their genera,composing the order Telmatomorphae,outlined in the last issue,with detailed anatomical studiesof all but about six genera. A most important phylogeneticpaper.

British Birds. 3 XXV, No. 4. September, 1931. On the Normal Flight-Speedof Birds. By T. H. Harrisson. Taken by comparisonwith a movingcar or motor cycle. Speedfor most smallbirds rangesfrom 29 to 36 miles per hour but it varies considerablein the same speciesand most of the recordsare lower than those given by Meinertz- hagen (Ibis, 1921). Effect of SevereWeather on Bird Song. By H. G. Alexander.

British Birds. XXV, No. 5. October, 1931. Movements of Ringed Birds from Abroad to the and from the British Isles Abroad. By H. F. Witherby and E. P. Leach.--Inter- estingsummaries and maps which show enormous flights of starlings,com-

1 Editor, C. T. MetzgeL 6312 SoUth Ashland Ave., , IlL Monthly, 50 cts. per number. • Editor, C. B. Ticehurst, Saxen House, Appledore, Kent, England. SubsCrip- tions etC., to E. C. Stuart Baker, 6 Harold Road, Upper Norwood, London, S. E. 19, England. Quarterly, 52 shillings per year. s Editor, H. F. Witherby, 326 High Holborn, London, England. Monthly, 20 shillings per year. Vol.1932 XLIX] J o.re. 137 ing from Poland,Germany, Norway, Sweden,Denmark and Holland; and the winteringof British birds in southernFrance, Portugaland Spain, as well as the wintering of the European Swallow in south Africa. British Birds. XXV, No. 6. November,1931. Field Habits of the Hobby. By D. Nethersole-Thompson. The Feedingof the Sparrow-Hawk. By J. H. Owen.--A bird allied to our Sharp-shinnedHawk. It has been seenmaking flimsy platforms in treesin winter, possiblyfeeding platforms, but it would seemmore likely that they are dueto an abnormalnest building stimulus.

The Oologists' Record.• XI, No. 3. September,1931. Trinidad: First Impressions.By C. F. B. Notes on Nesting of the South African Marsh Warbler (Notiocichla baeticata). By H. W. James. Discoveryof Eggsof BandedStilt. By the Editor from paperby L. Glauert and C. F. H. Jenkins (Jour. Royal Soc. Western Australia). Notes on the Breedingof Burhinuss. sen•alensis. By C. R. S. Pitman. A Study of the RhinocerosAuklet and Other Birds in British Columbia in 1929 and 1930. By C. J. Young.

Bird Notes and News.• XIV, No. 6. Soreruer,1931. The Preservation of . Birds of 'sRugged Cliffs. By Lt. Col. B. H. Rives. Some Transvaal Bird Memories. By T. Hyde-Parker. Thereis an excellentphotograph of a PomarineJaeger at sea;also many interesting articles on bird protection in England in both this and the Autunm issue.

Avicultural Magazine.• IX, Nos. 9, 10, 11. September,October and November, 1931. In No. 9 there is an accountof the nestingof Harris'sSparrow in the aviary of Mr. W. ShoreBally in England and the recordof the first known eggs of this species, unless those found by Mr. G. M. Sutton at Churchill were of earlier date. The death of a Goldfinch is recorded which reachedthe age of sixteenand a half years. No. 10 has an illustrated account of the new bird house at the St. Louis Zoo and of four specimensof the Cock-of-the-Rockon exhibit there; also a recordof a hvmmiugbird(Riccordia) which lived for three years and fourmonths in theNew York Zoo, a recordfor hummers in captivity.

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In No. 11 there is an article on collectingin Guiana by C. S. Webb. The coloredplates representTwo rare manikins (Chiromachaerismana- cresand Chiroxiphiapareola) in No. 9 and the TurquoisineParakeet (Ne- ophemapulchel•a) in No. 11. The EmuJ XXXI, Part 2. October, 1931. The ShiningFlycatcher (Piezorhynchusalecto). By W. D. K. MacGilli- vray with a coloredplate from painting by N.H. Cayley. The Lotos Bird (Irediparra gallinacea). By N.J. Favaloro.--A study of the bird and its nesting. The five racesseparated by Mathews are not regarded as valid. Historical Associationsand Early Recordsof the Emu-Wren. By K. A. Hindwood.--A full history of this interestingbird with reproductionsof early illustrations of it. Home Life of the Kestrel. By Michael Sharland.--A study of the Australian Falco cenchroides. Notes from North-western New South . By C. Sullivan. Birds of the Wairarapa Plains. By R. H. D. Stidolph. Nesting Notes from Willis Island. By Eric Reithmiiller. Cormorantsin Relation to Fisheries. By A. H. E. Mattingley.--A plea for the protectionof thesebirds. Habits of the Silvereye. By Mrs. A. S. Wilkinson. The South Australian Ornithologist. • XI, Part. 4. October, 1931. Observationson the Western Bower-Bird. By J. Nell McGilp.--With photograph of its bower. Notes and local lists for Western Australia. Alauda. a (SeriesII) III, No. 3. September,1931. [In French.] Geographic Variation in Bubo bubo Linn. By G. Dementieff.--B. b. eversmanni(p. 361) from Tourngly, Sea of Aral, and B. b. atcspicabilis(p. 364). Contributionsto a Study of the Avifauna of Northern France. By U. A. Corti. The Phenomenonof Bird Migration. By Ivar Hortling. PreliminaryNote on Birds of the GeneraMesoenas and Monias. By L. Levauden.--With a photographof the nest of the former. Remarks on the Osteologyand SystematicArrangement of the Serins. By N. Mayaud. A Contribution to the of the Eastern Pyrennees. By Henri Jouard.

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Food Notes. By Helm de Balsacand N. Mayaud.--List of berry bear- ing trees,shrubs and herbswith Frenchbirds that feedupon them. I,'Oiseau.• I, No. 8-9. August-September,1931. [In French.] The Genus Neoleucotreron. By M. Hachisuka.--With a coloredplate of the species. Descriptionof New Racesof Birds from Mindanao. By M. Hachisuka. ---Genera Miralta, Caprimulgusand Tur•ix. Descriptionsof Nine New Birds from Madagascar. By J. Delacour.-- In the generaCoua, Nesillas, Neomixus,Berniera, Coracina, and Schetba. Migration and Exceptional Residenceof Crossbillsand Ring Doves in the Departmentof Haute-Vienne. By R. d'Abadie. Notes on bird cagesand short avicultural notes. I,© G•rfaut? XXI, Fast. 1 and 2. 1931. [In French] Notes on Belgian Birds. Journal flit Ornithologie.s--LXXIX, Heft 4. October, 1931. [In German.] A Contributionto the Morphologyand Developmentof the Tonguein Trochilidae,Meliphagidae and Pieidac. By H. Scharnke. The Birds of the Kurile I•lands. By Y. Yamashima.--Annotatedlist of 239 specieswith tables of distribution and comparisonwith the avifauna of Japan and Kamtchatka. BreedingPlaces of Oidemia fusca and Arenaria interpres. By F. E. Stoll. Descriptionsof New Birds from Africa. By O. Neumann.--Po/cepha/us guidmi pernistus(547) Eldoma Ravine; Agapornistaranta nana (p. 550) Gofa; Caprimulguskoesteri (550) Benguella; Cisticolaemini barbunduensis (551) Benguella. Bird-Life on the ObedskaBara. By H. Steinmetz,Jr. Three Letters of C. L. Brehm to H. Lichtenstein.

l)er Ornithologlzche ]]eoba•hter. XXIX, Heft 1. October, 1931. [In German.] Notes on cormorants,starlings and other birds of Switzerland. Omithologlzche Mo•berl•hte. • XXXIX, No. 5. September- October,1931. [In German.]

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Observationson the Eyrie of the Sparrow Hawk. Three articles by W. Moller, F. D6hling and P. A. Loos deal with the nectar feeding of hummingbirds. Two new pigeonsare describedby Ernst Harterr: Chalcophapsindica minima (p. 144), Numfor and C. i. maxima (p. 145) Goplapabung. Grote alsoproposes Emberiza pallasi suschkiniana(p. 150) as a substitute for C. p. montanaSuschkin, preoccupied. Beltrage zur Fortpfianzungsbiologie der VSgelJ VII, No. 6. No- vember, 1931. [In German.] A Contribution to the Breeding Biology of the Crane. By L. Schuster (continued). On the Breeding Biology of the Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius europaeus). By W. Libbert. Observationson the Nest of the Short-earedOwl. By E. Christoleit. Also numerous notes on nests and eggs and breeding habits. Plate XI presentsportraits of the late Hermann Johansen,Fritz Braun and Joseph Gengler, noted German ornithologists. Der Vogelzug. • II, No. 4. October, 1931. [In German.] Further Remarks on Bird Fhght and Adverse Wind. By Erich yon Holst. Investigation of the Body Temperature of Migrating Birds. By Franz Groebbels. Results of Some Bird Banding in Denmark. By O. Fabricius and A. Vendel Taning. Many noteson bird-bandingand migrationand a very full bibliography of the literature of the subject. Der Ornithologi-•ohe Beobaohter. a XXVIII, Heft 12. September, 1931. [In German.] On the Breeding Habits of the Alpine Swift (Micropus melbamelba). By Max Bloesch.--With photographsof nest and young, and other papers on the same species. Orgaan der Club van Nederlandsche Vogelkundigen. 4 IV, No. 2. October, 1931. [In Dutch.] A Contribution of our Knowledge of the Avifauna of Schokland. By C. G. B. E. Ten Kate, G. van der Meer and P. G. Op de Coul. Alsomany noteson birds of Holland.

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E1 Hornero. • IV, No. 4. August, 1931. [In Spanish.] Birds of the Valley of Rearres (Cordoba). By Alberto Castellanos.--An excellent list with much detafied observation. The Family of the . By JoseA. Perreyra.--Argentine speciescon- sidered. Notes on Some Birds of South Georgia Island. By Alberto Carcelles. Notes on Birds of Northeastern Argentina (Prov. Jujuy). By Emilio Budin.--A List of eighty-five species. Numerous notes dealing with Argentine ornithology, proceedingsof societies,etc.; with severalitems on Hudsonand a photographof his birth- place.

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