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THE appearance of the first volume of this most useful adjunct to the work of the scientific ornithologist has already been welcomed in NATURE. It is a book purely for reference, consisting of a systematic list of all known birds, with the authorities for the names used and the distribution of each form. The like has not been attempted on a world-wide basis for a generation, and as the plan and execution are admirable the completed work should be of great service. This second volume covers three great cosmopolitan orders—which incidentally include most of the birds of special interest to sportsmen—the megapodes and game-birds, the cranes, rails and bustards, and the plovers, gulls and auks.
Check-List of Birds of the World.
By James Lee Peters. Vol. 2. Pp. xvii + 401. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press: London: Oxford University Press, 1934.) 17s. net.
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Check-List of Birds of the World. Nature 135, 603 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135603d0
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