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552 RecentLiterature. toct.[Auk Riley, J. H.--A New Flycatcher from SoutheasternSiam. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,Vol. 47, pp. 155-156, July 23, 1934.)--Terpsiphone sababensis(p. 155) Kao Sabab. Stewart, Malcolm.--The Status of Petrels in Certain Remote Scottish Islands. (Scottish Naturalist, July-August, 1934.)---Fulmars, Leach's and Stormy Petrels. Watson, Aldwyn B.--Taming the Hummingbird. (American Forests, September,1934.)--Feeding from vial of sugar solutionheld in the hand. Wood, Norman and Tinker, A. D.--•ifty Years of Bird Migration in the Ann Arbor Region of Michigan. (Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 280, May 21, 1934.)--Recordson 212 speciesfor 25 years are tabulated in the presentpaper supplementingMr. Wood'spaper on the previousquarter century publishedin 1906. Earliest arrival and latest departuredates only are given even in the case of transients, but as the reviewer has shown (Condor, 1906, p. 88) dates of bulk arrival are of more significance. However, the present paper is of great interest and is a "record", in length of time, for a single observer! Wynne-Edwards, V. C.--Atlantic Seafowl. This little folder is pub- lishedby the Cunard Line and consistsof pen sketchesof 25 speciesof birds observedby the author--who is also the artist•n several transatlantic voyagesin 1933, with appropriatetext. It is a very clever publication and shouldbe of great interest and assistanceto oceanvoyagers. The Ornithological Journals. Bird-Lore. XXXVI, No. 4. July-August, 1934. What is a Bird Sanctuary? By Mabel OsgoodWright.--Further details about Bird-Craft Sanctuary and its development. FeatheredPhilosophers. By Raymond S. Deck.--A Study of Kingbirds in Connecticut;illustrated. Our Hummingbirds. By Elizabeth L. Prowse.--An illustrated study of their nesting and feeding from artificial flowers. Dr. A. A. Allen treats of the Starling in his bird-autobiographyand there is an excellentfull page plate of the King Rail on its nest by S. A. Grimes. The Condor. XXXVI, No.4. July-August, 1934. The Primitive Persistsin Bird Life of YellowstonePark. By GeorgeM. Wright.--A pleasingand most encouragingaccount of the bird life. A WildernessUse Technique. By Ben H. Thompson.--Another ac- count of Yellowstoneand the way in which it may be maintained in its wildernessglory or spoiledby addingto humanconvenience and overcrowd- ing with visitors. CharactersDifferentiating Certain Speciesof Stercor.arius. By George Willett and Hildegarde Howard.--The remarkable likeness of S. para- siticus and longicaudusis discussedand comparisonmade between their skeletons. The Type Localitiesof three Birds Collectedby Lewis and Clark in 1806. ¾oi.•a• • Recent.Literature. 553 By William B. Davis and JamesStevenson.--Apparent locality wherethe actual specimenof Lewis's Woodpecker,Clark's Crow and Loui•ana Tanagerwere obtained was about two milesnorth of the town of Klamath, Idaho. The Wilson Bulletin. XLVI, No. 2. June, 1934. Field Observationsin EconomicOrnithology. By E. R. Kalmbach.-- Discussesat length (1) the difficultyin correctlyinterpreting the itemsre- yealed in stomachexamination that are economicallyimportant, and (2) the difficulty of attempting to convert abstract percentagesof bird food into terms of agriculturaleconomies; a discussionworthy of most careful reading. Ninety Minutes with Robert l•dgway. By Dayton Stoner. A Hawk Censusfrom Arizonato Massachusetts.By Margaret M. Nice. Observationson a Few BreedingBirds in NortheasternOhio. By John W. Aldrich. Further Additionsto the List of Birds Victimizedby the Cowbird. By Herbert Friedmann. The O•logist. LI, Nos. 4 to 7. April to July, 1934. The Short-earedOwl in Coast Rica. By Leon Kelso [April]. The BreedingBirds of Iowa. By Philip A. Du Mont.--Annotated list of 144 species[May]. RandomNotes. By F. M. Jones.--Nestingof Ravensand Duck Hawk in Virginia. Bird-Banding. V, No. 3. July, 1934. Individnal and SexualVariation in the EuropeanStarling. By Lawrence E. Hicks. A Study of StarlingsBanded at Columbus,Ohio. By EdwardS. Thomas. --Breed in northeastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario and Quebec;winter as far south as Mississippi. Midwinter Banding in North Dakota. By C. E. Boardmau.--2648 Snow Buntings,Horned Larks and Lapland Lonspurswere banded in the winter of 1933-34. The Cardinal. III, No. 8. July, 1934. The Worm-eatingWarbler. By S.S. Dickey.--Twenty-fournests and eggsdescribed and an accountof the bird in GreeneCo., Pa. Notes from Brooke Co., West Virginia. By GeorgeM. Sutton. A SecondList of Books on Ornithologyin the CarnegieLibrary, Pitts- burgh, Pa. Bulletin of the Essex Co. [Mass.] Ornithological Club. No. 15; December, 1933. The RemarkableMay of 1933 in Eastern Massachusetts.By Ludlow Griscom.--Claims that ouly exceptionalyears in eastern Massachusetts can comparewith goodyears in New York and elsewhereto the south. IpswichRiver Trip 1933. By Ralph Lawson. The ShootingSeason of 1833in EssexCounty. By Edward Babson. 554 RecentLiterature. [Oct.Auk Some Winter Activities of the Northern Shrike. By Charles W. Town- send. Annotated List of Birds ObservedDuring 1933. By S. Gilbert Emilio. The Migrant. V, No. 2. June, 1934. The Mocldngbird'sImitation of Other Birds. By GeorgeR. Mayfield.- One of 'the best discussionsof the subiectthat has appeared. The writer is convinced that the Mockingbird inherits its repertory from many generationsback. He divides the songsof Nashville, Tennessee,Mockers into three groups:those unlike the songsof any birds now extant; those containing imitations of the songsof birds found in other parts of .the South but not near Nashville; those conta/ning imitations of songs of birds breedingin Tennessee. Eighty percent of most Mocke•r'ssongs is of the last sort, but in somethe proportion of local songsis as low as thirty percent. The birds most frequently imitated are the Carolina Wren, Blue Jay and Cardinal, while next come the Bluebird, Tufted Tit, Martin, Red- headedWoodpecker, Flicker and SparrowHawk. Summer Birds of Shady Valley, JohnsonCo., Tenn. By A. F. Ganier and Bruce P. Tyler. Also many local notes on Tennesseebirds. lows Bird Life. IV, No. 2. June, 1934. My Neighbor of the Meadow. By Walter M. Rosene.--The Western Meadowlark. Numerous notes on Iowa birds. The Nebr•sk• Bird Review. II, No. 3. July, 1934. The Interior Carolina Paroquet as a Nebraska Bird. By Myron H. Swenk. Many notes on Nebraska birds and a combinedr•sum6 of the spring migration. The Murrelet. XV, No. 2. May, 1934. John Hooper Bowles--Ornithologist. By E. A. Kitchin.--Biographical Sketch with bibliography. Notes on birds of Washington and Oregon. The •Gull. XVI, Nos. 4-7. April to July, 1934. Numerous notes on birds and bird trips about San Francisco. Observation of a Tule Goose[April]. Arroyo Mocho Canyon Birds [July]. Behavior of Birds at Deserted Nests [May]. ß The Rs,yea. V, Nos. 4-5, 6 and 7. April-May, Juneand July. [Mimeo- graphed.] Many noteson birds of Virginia. SomeVirginia Correctionsto the 1931 A. O. U. 'Check-List.' By J. J. Murray. [April-May.] Further Additions to the Virginia Avifauna. By J. J. Murray. [July.] News from the Bird Bs•uders. IX, Nos. 2 and 3. April and August, 1934. [Mimeographed.] Vol.',9• j R•c•/,/•u,•. 555 Interestingr/sum• of the work of the WesternBird BandingAssociation. In the discussion[April] on priority for the "Territory" theory the claims of Henry Mousley seemto have been overlooked. Inland Bird-Banding News. VI, No. 2, June,1934. [Mimeographed.] Reports on work of the Inland Bird Banding Association. St. Louis Bird Club Bulletin. III, No. 6. June 13, !934. [Mimeo- graphed.] Recordsof bird observationsin the vicinity of St, Louis, Mo. The Snowy Egret. IX, No. 1. Summer,1934. [Mimeographed.] A Ten Year ,i,niversary number; with an annotated list of birds seen in southernMichigan in 1930-1932. By Harry W. Harm and observations in Luce County, Michiganin 1934, by OscarMcKinley Bryan. Devoted to study of the birds of Michigan. The Redi•tart. I, Nos. 5-7. May-July, 1934. [Mimeographed.] Presentingthe activities of the BrooksBird Club, Wheeling,W. Va. Many local notesand a migration list for Youngstown,Ohio. The Night Heron. I, Nos. 4 and 5. [Mimeographed.] Local bird study in the vicinity of St. Louis, Mo. The Ibis. (13th series)IV, No. 3. July, 1934. Birds of the SouthernSahara and Adjoini-g Countriesin French West Africa. By GeorgeL. Batse.--Part IV. On the Evidence of the existenceof Two Speciesof Steamer Duck (Taehyer•s). By PercyR. Lowe.--As a resultof a carefulstudy of adequate new material--embryos,young and adults--obtained by Mr. P. W. Reyn- olds,Dr. Lowe reachesthe conclusionthat there are certainly two species-- physiologicalspecies though they may be of this interestingbird. As is generallyknown there is a flying and a flightlessform but the former is certainly not the adolescentstage of the latter as has beenclaimed and there seemto be constantdifferences in size, relative proportionsand coloration. There/s howeverlittle or no differencein the anatomyeven of the embryos. The flightlessuessof T. brachypterusas this form ha• been named is due, saysthe author, to somephysiological factor which permanentlyretards the rate of growth of the wing to a degreethat is not normal, probably the samefactor which tempe•mrilyretards the growth of the wing in Ana- 't!daein general. He further l/kensthe rapki flappingprogress of a Mallard chick to that of the adult Steamer Duck. The Birds of Northern PortugeseEast Africa. Part IV. By Jack Vincent. The BiogeographicalStatus of the Ahaggar Plateau in the Central Sahara. By Col. R.