Recently published Ornithological Works, 639 



the desire to know what bird has laid such a curious egg as 

 that (for example) whieh is figured on plate iii. fig. 11. On 

 referring to the " Explanation of the Plates " we are told 

 that plate iii. fig. 11 represents the egg of Eupetes lories. 

 But in order to find the reference to this species in the 

 ' Catalogue ' wc must again make a search in the General 

 Index, for the page in which the description of the egg is to 

 be found is not stated in the " Explanation of the Plates." 

 This is an omission which it would have been easy to supply, 

 and which causes the enquiring "oologist" much trouble. 



We also venture to think that it would have been better 

 to have arranged the eggs of the birds of the same genus 

 together on the same plate, so as to facilitate comparison 

 between them, and not to place them far from each other, as 

 is done in some cases (see eggs of Tardus, Locust ella, A'edon, 

 and Tephrodornis). 



105. Oivston on the Birds of Japan. 



[List of Japanese Birds and Eggs. By Allan Owston. Yokohama, 

 Japan, 1904.] 



This is a sale-list of Japanese Birds and Eggs, containing 

 the names of 459 species. The prices seem to be very 

 moderate. There are several species mentioned that we are 

 not acquainted with — e. g. Parus owstoni Ijima, and others 

 of Bangs and Stejneger. 



106. Parrot on the Cyanopica of Japan. 



[Cyanopica cyanus japonica, nov. subsp. "\ on Dr. Parrot. Orn. 

 Monatsb. 1905.J 



The form of Cyanopica cyanus found in Japan (Nippon, 

 1901) is separated as a new subspecies, C. c. japonica. 



107. Sarudny and Loudon on Two new Persian Birds. 



' [Vorlaufige Beschreibnng zweier ornitbologischen Neuheiten aus 

 "West-Per.-sien. Von N. Sarudny und Harald, Baron Loudon. Orn. Mon. 

 L905, p. 76.] 



A subspecies of Poecile lugubris from the mountains of 



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