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Two long tables at the end of this bulletin show the items of vegetable 

 food identified in the stomachs of all three species examined, and the 

 number of stomachs in which each item was found. H. C. O. 



ORNITHOLOGY. — On the anatomy of Nyctibius imth notes on allied 

 birds. Alexander Wetmore. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 54: 577- 

 586. 1918. 



An examination of the trunk and visceral anatomy of Nyctibius 

 griseus abbotti furnishes some interesting results. It confirms Mr. 

 Ridgway's suborder Nycticoraciae, to include the superfamilies Capri- 

 mulgi, Podargi, and Steatornithes . 



Owing, however, to the close relationship of the Podargi and Cap- 

 rimulgi, they are here regarded as best included in a single superfamily, 

 so that the suborder Nycticoraciae as here outlined would be divided into 

 two superfamilies, the Steatorniihoideae , containing a single genus 

 Steatornis, and the Caprimulgoideae, containing the families Podargidae, 

 Nyctibiidae, Aegothelidae, and Caprimulgidae. 



Among other things, attention might be called particularly to the 

 forms of the tongues in this suborder, as there are four general types 

 representative of the Podargidae, Nyctibiidae, Steatornithidae, and 

 Caprimulgidae. Harry C. Oberholser. 



ORNITHOLOGY. — Description of a new lole from the Anamba Islands. 

 Harry C. Oberholser. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31: 197- 

 198. December, 19 18. 



A specimen of lole olivacea from the Anamba Islands in the South 

 China Sea adds this species to their fauna, making altogether 57 species 

 and subspecies of birds now known from this archipelago. It proves 

 to be an undescribed race, and will stand as lole olivacea crypta. It 

 differs very markedly from lole olivacea charlottae of Borneo, but appears 

 to be the same as the bird from Sumatra. H. C. O. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— How; to attract birds in the East Central States. 

 W.L. McAtee. U.S.Dept.Agr. Farmers' Bull. 912: i-i 5. 1918. 

 The means of increasing the numbers of birds about the home and 

 elsewhere consist chiefly in methods of protection and provision for 

 nesting places, food, and water. Where feasible the most effectual 

 protection is a vermin-proof fence. Breeding places may be readily 

 furnished by boxes put up for the use of the birds, and water supplied 



