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Many other interesting articles will be found in the present 

 number of 'Aquila/ which we cordially recommend to the 

 notice of the members of the B. O. U. A coloured plate 

 (tab. i.) contains excellent figures (by Keulemans) of Dona- 

 cicola sharpii and Pcecilodryas hermani. V^ e trust that our 

 new contemporary may long continue to flourish, and wish 

 it all success. 



QQ. The Auk. January and April, 1895. 



Passing over some pleasant descriptive articles of compa- 

 ratively local interest, we come to an account of Porzana 

 cinereiceps as observed in Nicaragua by Mr. C. W. Rich- 

 mond, with remarks on allied species ; and Mr. G. H. 

 Mackay describes the breeding-haunts of the Terns &c. on 

 Muskegett Island, Massachusetts. Mr. A. W. Anthony 

 describes as a new species Thryothorus leucophrys, from the 

 island of San Clemente, 75 miles from the mainland of 

 California, and as a new subspecies Harporhynchus cinereus 

 mearnsi, from Lower California. Dr. C. Hart Merriam gives 

 an account of Leconte's Thrasher {Harporhynchus lecontei) 

 as observed in the arid Colorado valley, and a plate of this 

 bird forms the frontispiece to the January number. The 

 April number begins with an article, illustrated by a coloured 

 plate, on a remarkable rufous plumage of the Prairie-Heu 

 [Tympanuchus americanus) by Mr. William Brewster. A 

 new subspecies, Fulmarus glacialis columba, is described by 

 Mr, Anthony, with remarks on the Fulmars of Southern 

 California, and from the same pen comes the diagnosis of 

 Pipilo fuscus senicula, subsp. nov., also from California. 



Referring to a paper in 'The Auk' for 1889, Mr. F. A. 

 Lucas remarks upon some additional characters of the Tree- 

 Swifts of Malaysia (Macropterygidse), illustrated by wood- 

 cuts. Mr. Brewster gives his reasons for distinguishing a 

 new subspecies, Empidonax trailii alnorum. A seventh 

 Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Check-list is 

 supplied by the A. O. U. 



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