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already is an earlier name in Haemafopus townsendi Audubon. The 

 spotted redshank of Europe is now called Totanus fuscus (Linnaeus), 

 but this is preoccupied, and (by inadvertence) the use of Totanus 

 7naculatus (Tunstall) for this species is here advocated. [The correct, 

 because earliest, designation is Totanus erythropus (Pallas).] The 

 lory commonly called Eos riciniata (Bechstein) should properly be 

 called Eos guenhyensis (Scopoli), a name of many years' priority. The 

 specific name of the fruit pigeon now known as Leucotreron gularis 

 (Quoy and Gaimard) is preoccupied, and it is here rechristened Leuco- 

 treron epia. The current specific name of the South American dove 

 known as Gymnopelia erythrothorax (Meyen) is preoccupied, and the 

 bird must, therefore, be known as Gymnopelia cecilioe (Lesson). 



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ORNITHOLOGY. — The great plains waterfowl breeding grounds and 

 their protection. Harry C. Oberholser. Yearbook, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. 1917: 191-204, pis. 30-31. 1918. 

 For obvious reasons the breeding grounds of our waterfowl are of 

 prime importance. Although there are valuable isolated breeding 

 places in the west at many of the large lakes of the arid interior, 

 the Great Plains contain the most extensive breeding grounds for wa- 

 terfowl in the L^nited States, and the best of these lie in the states 

 of Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. In the latter areas 

 large numbers of ducks and other waterfowl breed about the lakes 

 and sloughs, and the maintenance of their breeding ground is essential 

 to the continuation of the game supply. In addition to hunting 

 restrictions, an exceedingly desirable additional measure of protection 

 is the establishment of further game preserves, both public and private. 



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ORNITHOLOGY.— Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on various 

 islajids in the Java Sea. Harry C. Oberholser. Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 54: 177-200. November 2, 1917. 

 This paper contains the ornithological results of Dr. W. L. Abbott's 

 visits to four islands in the Java Sea. These islands, which appar- 

 ently had never been previously visited by an ornithologist, are Solombo 

 Besar, Arends, ]\Iata Siri, and Kalambau. 



On Solombo Besar Island, from December 3 to 6, 1907, Dr. Abbott 

 collected 33 specimens representing 10 species, 8 of which proved to be 



