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JANUAkRY 24, 1919] SCIENCE 93 least were found partly buried in loose soil. the birds of the Americas, is included in the One, weighing 61 pounds, was found about six introductory mnatter. The present part com- inches in sandy soil where it had fallen and prises 1,265 species and subspecies, represent- broken into several pieces as it struck. Som-le ing 232 genera of the following families: pieces show secondary fusion surfaces, and Bubonidce, Tytonidoe, Psittacida, Steator- some appear to show tertiary fusion surfaces. nit-hidae, Alcedinidae, TodidT., Molnotide, The stone is brittle and most of the pieces are Nyctibiidoe, Caprimulgide, " Cypselidae " (lege broken; however, one fine boloid of twenty Micropodide) and Trochilidie. pounds has beeni founid and several of about Of the higher groups niothing but the names ten pounds weight. is given, but for each genus there are added The writer is preparing a detailed descrip- the authority, the original reference, and a tion of the mieteorite and the phenomena of its citation of the type. 'For each species and fall and would appreciate any data that may subspecies there appear the full technical com- have been gathered by other observers or bination; the common rname; reference to the collectors. original description; the type locality; such TERENCE T. QUIRaE essential synonymy at references (usually DEPARTMENT or GEOLOGY AND MINERAXLOGY, not over half a dozen) to Mr. Ridgway's UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, " Birds of North and AIiddle America," " The MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Catalogue of Birds of the tritish MAuseum," original descriptionis, revisions of groups, and on March 27, 2016 SCIENTIFIC BOOKS other important papers; a brief statement of geoglaphic range; and a list of specimens Catalogue of Birds of the Americas. By (with state or country localities) contained CHARLES B. CORY. Part II. No. 1. Pub- in the Field Museum of Natural History. lication 197, Field Museum of Natural An asterisk (*) indicates species represented History; Zoological Series, Vol. XIII. in this collection, and a dagger (t) those of March, 1918. Pp. 1-315; pl. I. which there are specimen-s for exchange. This catalogfue intends to treat all the spe- For all species and subspecies not included Downloaded from cies and subspecies of birds known to occur in in Ridgway's " Birds of North and Middle North America, -Middle Alnerica, West Indies, America" or " The Catalogue of the Birds in and South America, including all the ad- the British Museum," brief descriptions are jacent islan-ds of the Atlantic and Pacific added in footnotes, along with various com- oceans. Although the present installment is ments on nomenclature and the status of first in the order of publication, it is called forms. The following subspecies are described Part II, No. 1, siinee it begins with the owls as new: Speofl,to cunicularia minor, from Boa instead of with the lowest forms. This seems Vista, Rio Branco, Brazil; Aratinga cactorum rather unfortunate, but the author explains perpallida, from Jua, near Iguatu, Brazil; it on the ground that -Mr. Robert Ridgway's Eupsittula pertinax margaritensis, from Mfar- great work on the birds of North and Mliddle garita Island, Venezuela; Amazona amazonica America is not yet finished as far as the tobagensis, from Tobago Island, West Indies; lonwer groups; and that more time than is now Urospatha martii oliiacea, from Moyobamba, available will be necessary in order to work Peru; Nephwecetes niger guadeloupensis. from out the status of many of the water birds of Guadeloupe Island, West Indies; Lepidopyga South America. goudoti zuliae, from Rio Aurare, Venezuela; The classification adopted for this catalogue and Colibri iolatus breripennis, from Caracas, is practically that of Dr. R. B. Sharpe, as Venezuela. used in his "Hand-List of the Genera and, WN,e are glad to see that in headinlgs the full Species of Birds." The outline of this classi- technical name of each species and subspecies fication down to families, in so far as it affects is written without abbreviation; also that the 94 SCIENCE [N. S. VOL. XLIX. No. 1256 oldest teniable names and the oriinaial spell- SPECIAL ARTICLES iilg of generic, specific and subspecific terms PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AVIATION' are used, including those formed witlh the AlTII the exception n-oted below, official re- terminiationi ii from the namnes of persons. search on1 psychological problems of aviation We an occasional slip, as, for niote, hiowever, was conducted tinider the direction of the example, P7cehOtoamis goyi. wbhielih should be written IPltaofhornis to ag,ree with the Medical Research Board, a branlch of the Air yrov,, -M. took in of (rtuocprcus Medical Serv-ice which (the A. S.) author's lpractise, the ease charge of the and psy- h eliodor. mnedieal, ph)bysiological Recent orniithological wvork conieernimg the cliological problemiis concerningi the behavior of the fliers. I began work, at the Bureau of birds of America has been carefully collated, and the preselnt catologue appears to be AMinies Laboratory in October. 1917, with two brought well up t-o date. Tt is doubtless worth as;istaiits, anid coitin1ue(d in charge of the ychdological Departm-ent nutntil August 30, wvhile to inote that since a iiuimiber of the oi the families included are peculiar to Amierica, the 1918, whieh date I was reni-ved from Miineola Laboratory. Durinig this period the present catalogue presents a comnplete list of the genera. species, and subsp)eciies 4 Stetor- psychological staff grew to (approximately) nithidip, Todidca, XTomotidie, Nyctibiidae, and,( twen-ty-fixe officers aand seveniteen mein (count- mio-st important of all, Tro(llilid'&. igi- sevecal wlho were coiminissioned shortly There is only one illustration, the fronitis- after Imiy leavinig, oni mny previous recommi-lenda- piece in color, whiclh depicts Uroc1roma tioams). Thle responise of the m-lemiibers of the costarices is(Cory. There i n1o ilndex, but psclbological professioni to miiy calls for assist- this is probably to be svupplied, cat tlie end. of aincee wasl imost liberal, and although we did Part II. niot have a staff large eniough to do effective This wvork is unfortunately mi-arred by maniy woark it was on- accotunt of tlhe difficulty in typographical errors in both scientitic anid securin,g coninissioIns, Inot oln accounlt of lack commoni n(amnes. We are calso sorry to see tlhe of comupetenit psychologists willing to make the perpetuation of the vernacular ianiae the saicrifice. " nighthawk" for the species of tl-he geniera Work on tests of flying ability was com- outside the Medical Ny8Ctiph1tryaUs+, A atiar?s, Nt/o i.. (land heff'ti- menced earlier, Board, polus, for these do niot beloni- to the same by Professor Stratton, at first inidependently, famniily as the true nightlhawks (Chordeilida), anid later under the Air Personnel. Upon my but to the Caprimulgida_ anid are niearlEv re- urgen-t reconmmenidationi, the board succeeded lated to the whip-poor-wills. Furthermiore, in haviimg Professor (niow -Major) Stratton there does not seem. to bje a satisfaetory re:ason transferred to the MIineola Laboratory, brinig- for conltiniuiing the use of A,rost/omns instead ing all the pssychological researeb unuder med- of Setoc halcis for the Aimlericani whip-p)oor- ical conitrol, ald oii myiv remioval Major Strat- wills, sinoe there are manyl excellent blair- tonl was placed ini charge of the departmient. acters. external as well as osteo1lo-)ical. to Sep- The first work requLiireBcd of the board was arate theml from A a/rostom us carolie ms,is. the construction and standardization of a test Also, the American barn owl.s are clearly sub)- fr determining, if po.;sible, the incdividual species of the Europeani Tyto ui/ba Iot of the flier's ability to enidure the partial asphyxia- South Americani T?yto perlat/a. I This catalogLe is the firt serious attempt at A paper read before the Baltimore meeting of the Americani Psychological Association in joinit an enumeration of the birds of all America, session with Section H, American Association for and is so wFell done that it eaon niot fail to the Advamicement of Scien:ce, Deceniber 28, 1918. have before it a lon,g career of great use- Authority to publish, with deletions, grainted by fulness. Board of Publication, S. G. 0. IIARIaY C. OEnRTIoLSER Asterisks iii the text indicate deletiomis..