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Picidae to Sagittariidae, and is accompanied by a map 

 of the region in which the birds were collected. The 

 birds of prey are well represented: and the family and 

 generic name of the Secretary Bird has been changed 

 from Serpentaridae and serpent ar ins to Sagitarriidae 

 and Sagittarius. 



The Enui. --OmciSLl organ of the Royal Australian 

 Ornithologists Union, 1!)11) (4 Nos.). 

 The January, 1919, No. contains the account of the an- 

 nual meeting held on 4 December, 191S, when Major 

 (Dr.) ^y. Macgillivray, was elected President (being the 

 tenth). The Union seems to have prospered, despite the 

 war, and we must congratulate our Australian colleagues 

 on a successful year. The July and October Nos. contain 

 a line review of the MegapocUdae by Dr. Shufeldt, illu- 

 strated by plain and coloured plates. 

 Novitates Zoologicae. — Vol. XX., 191S. 



The colour changes of the Beak and shield of the 

 Young Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus) . By Frances 

 Pitt. 



A description of the young plumage of the Moorhen, 

 more especially that of the beak and shield — illustrated 

 by a coloured j>late 



Types of Birds in the Tring Museum. — Ernest Hartert, 

 Ph.D. 



This consists of a catalogue of '^A," Types in the 

 i^rehni collecti<m ; (we see that Dr. Harteri uses 

 Mathew's suggested Tjito instead of the old well known 

 generic name of Htri.v for the Barn owls). DescriDtion 

 of new genera and species of Ainatidae, Lithoridac and 

 Koctuidae by Sii- George P. Hampson, Bart. Thi>; valu- 

 able article describes a large number of new forms from 

 India, Africa, Borneo, New Guinea, America, etc. 



"Catalogue of the Parnassinac in the Tring Museum," 

 by Lord KotschilJ. 



Notes on pigeons by i:. Ilartert and A. T. Goodson. 

 Inter alia the vaiioiis Un-u\s of Fiuit Pigeon (Treron) 

 are discussed. 



