Recently published Ornithological Works. 203 



that />. sharpii, of which the typical .specimen is in the 

 British Museum, is merely a slight variety of a young male 

 B. fixtulator. 



11. Elliot on the Species o/"Rheinardtius. 



[Remarks on the Species of the Genus R/ieinardtius. By D. G. Elliot, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S.E., \-c. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. iv. p. -'42 (1909).] 



Mr. Elliot lias lately examined the famous tail-feather in 

 the Paris Museum upon which the name Rheinardtius ocellatus 

 was established, and has compared it with specimens of the 

 long tail-feathers of the birds from Aiinam which are usually 

 called by that name. Mr. Elliot doubts whether this identi- 

 fication is correct, because he tiuds certain differences (which 

 are carefully pointed out) between the typical feather and the 

 corresponding feather of the form from Annam. Mr. Elliot, 

 however, has omitted to mention that a " subspecies" of the 

 Annamese bird has lately been found in Pahang, far down 

 the Malay Peninsula, and described under the name R. ocellatus 

 nigrescens by Mr. Rothschild (Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 55, 

 1902). It is possible, therefore, that the original tail-feather 

 may belong to this "subspecies" — at any rate, the comparison 

 should be made. 



12. Grinnell on Three new Song-Sparrows. 



[Three new iS'in^-Sparrows from California. By Joseph Grinnell. 

 Univ. of Cal. Zool. I'ubl. vol. v. no. 9.] 



Mr. Grinnell is preparing a revision of the Western Song- 

 Sparrows (Melospiza), of which he recognises " seventeen 

 distinct races. }i Three of these are now described as 

 M. melodia maxillaris, 31. m. gouldi (revived name), and 

 M. m. sa/tonis. 



13. Gtinnell on Birds from Alaska. 



[Birds and Mammals of the 1907 Alexauder Expedition to South- 

 eastern Alaska. Univ. of Cal. Zool. Publ. vol. iii. no. 2. — Birds by 

 Joseph Grinnell.] 



The "Alexander Expedition " of 1907 appears to have been 

 " got up/' equipped, and "led" by a lady — Miss Annie M. 



