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bases of the feathers being dark^ and the rest pure white ; 

 the dark feathers on the upper parts lack the golden-yellow 

 margins, and have narrow purplish-black edges ; the under- 

 parts are as in P. soemmerringi, but more rufous in tint and 

 less marked with black. Culmen 1'4, wing 8'7, tail 29*0, 

 tarsus 2"4 inches. The specimen described is an adult 

 male from the Province of Hiuga, in the south-east corner 

 of the island of Kiu-siu, and is an easily separable insular 

 form. 



Professor Ijima informs me that he has examined another 

 male in the Science College Museum which is similar to the 

 one above described^ and that Mr. K. Ogura^ who has spent 

 several years in Kiu-siu, informs him that the white-rumped 

 form inhabits not only the Province of Hiuga, but also the 

 neighbouring one of Osumi. A female, also from Hiuga, in 

 the possession of Mr. Y. Tanaka, resembles the female of 

 P. scintillans, but has the upper parts darker and the 

 middle tail-feathers uniformly coloured and without trans- 

 verse markings. 



XLII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 520.] 



101. Aplin on the Birds of Bar dsey Island. 



[The Birds of Bardsey Island, with additional Notes on the Birds of 

 Llejn. By O. V. Aplin. Zoologist, 1902, pp. 8-17, 107-110.] 



The author continues his observations on the birds of the 

 above-mentioned district (see above, p. 144). The account 

 of Eardsey is most interesting; but to the ornithologist 

 the nesting of the Red-backed Shrike and the occurrence 

 of the Turtle-Dove in Lleyn are possibly more important. 

 The Lesser Whitethroat and Ray's Wagtail are now deleted 

 from the list of birds of the area. 



102. Arrigoni Degli Oddi's ' Atlante Ornitologico.^ 



[Atlante Ornitologico. Uccelli Europei, con Notizie d' Suole Generale 

 e Paiticolore del Dr. E. Arrigoni Degli Oddi. Con 30 tavole colorate e 

 210 disegni intercalati nel texto. Milano, 1892. Pp. 560.] 



This new book on the birds of Europe, illustrated by 



