Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York
1936; Oxford University Press; Volume: 53; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/4078023
ISSN1938-4254
Autores Tópico(s)Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
ResumoTaka-Tsukasa's •The Birds of Nippon.'•--Thefifth part of Volume I of this handsome work is before us, continuing the Bibliography and the Gallinaceous birds.Tetrasres bonasia, Falcipennis falcipennis, Tetrao urogallus and Lyrurus tetras are considered in this installment.There are two color plates and several photogravures of habitats.The notable excellence of paper and typography of the work is fully nmintained.--W.S. Pinto on the Birds of Goyaz.--Thispublication • is a report on a collection of birds made by the author on an expedition through the southern parts of the state of Goyaz, Brazil, during the year 1934.A brief revue of ornithological work in the state and an itinerary illustrated by several photographs of scenery is followed by a comparative list of the birds found on the Rio des Aimas and at Inhumas and a well annotated list of the collection numbering 261 species.Of these the following are described as new: Conopophaga lineata hellmayri (p.81), Synallaxis brachyura saraguana (p.89), Cranioleuca semicinerea giyana (p.91) Ostinops decumanus australis (p.149), all from the vicinity of the Rio das Aimas.Proceedings of the Lirmaean Society of New York.•--Thelatest number of the Linnaean Society Proceedings presents as a frontispiece a portrait of one of its most active members the late Warren F. Eaton and very fittingly the major part of the brochure is devoted to his account of the Birds of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, an excellent contribution to our knowledge of the ornithology of that portion of the state.Charles A. Urner presents a further analysis of the shore-bird flight on the Jersey coast covering the years 1932 to 1934.
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