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Snyder, T. E. Changes during quiescent stages in the ntetanwrphosis of termites. 

 Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 15: 162-165, pis. 



6 and 7. January 22, 1914. (Observations of the molting soldier larvae of 

 Leucotcrnies jlavipes, L. virginicus and Tcrmopsis augusticollis show that 

 the differentiation of the soldier caste takes place during a quiescent stage 

 rather late in the life cycle, the larva being previously, to all external appear- 

 ances, undifferentiated. — J. C. C.) 



TowNSEND, C. H. T. New 7nuscoid Hies, mainly Hyslriciid/te and Fyrrhosiinae 

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\\'kight, \V. S. Notes on certain Californian Lepidoptera. Insecutor Inscitiae 

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ORNITHOLOGY 



Banus, O. The green heron of the Maldives. Proceedings of the Biological Society 

 of Washington 26: 93, 94. May 3, 1913. (Describes Bator ides albididus, 

 sp. nov.— W. R. IM.) 



Bangs, O. A new warbler from western China. Proceedings of the Biological 

 Societj- of Washington 26: 95,96. May 3, 1913. {Reguloides pulcher vegetus, 

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Cooke, W. W. Bird migration in the District of Columbia. Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington 26: 21-26. February 8, 1913. 



Howell, A. H. Descriptions of two new birds from Alabama. Proceedings of 

 the Biological Society of Washington 26: 189-202. October 23, 1913. (Corvus 

 brachyrhynchos paulus and Pipilo erythrophthalmus canaster, subspp. nov., 

 are described. — W. R. M.) 



Mearns, E. a. Description of a new African grass-warbler of the genus Cisticola. 

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Mearns, E. A. Descriptions of three new African weaver-birds of the genera Estrilda 

 and Granatina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 61': 1-4. July 31, 

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Mearns, E. A. Descriptions of four new African thrushes of the genera Planesticus 

 and Geocichla. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6V: 1-5. August 

 11, 1913. 



Mearns, E. A. Descriptions of five new African weaver-birds of the genera Othy- 

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Mearns, E. A. Descriptions of ten new African birds of the genera Pogonocichla, 

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Mearns, E. A. Descriptions of eight new African bulbuls. Smithsonian Miscel- 

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7 subspecies in 4 genera, from British East Africa. — W. R. M.) 



Nelson, E. W. Two new subspecies of birds from the slopes of Mount Pirri, east- 

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