100 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



relations and affinities of Siam. We should like to con- 

 jifratulate Count Gyldenstolpe on a fine piece of zoological 

 exploration carried out iu the field with marked energy 

 and success, and reported on with great thoroughness and 

 accuracy. 



Hartert and Lord Rothschild on various subjects. 



[On the forms of Rhodinocichla rosea. By Ernst Hartert. Nov. 

 Zool. Trinjr, xxiii. 1916, p. 229. 



What is the correct name of the Arabian Sea-Tern ? Id. ibid, 

 p. 288. 



The alleged occurrence of Arenaria melanocephnla (^ig.) in India. 

 Id. ibid. pp. 291, 292. 



On the l']uropean forms of Phuhtcrocorax carho. Id. ibid. pp. 293-295. 



More erroneous quotations and other errors. Id. ibid. pp. 295, 296. 



On some forms of Corachm {Graiuuhis auct.) from the Solomon Islands. 

 By Lord Rothschild and Ernst Hartert. Ibid. pp. 289-291. 



A new Monacha from Rossel Island. Idd. ibid. p. 297.] 



In the first of these notes the Rose-breasted Mocking 

 Thrush of Venezuela is distinguished from that of Columbia. 

 To the first-named is attached Ilartlaub's name, given in 

 1819, and it stands as Rhodinocicla rosea vulpina (Hartl.). 

 The latter remains R. rosea rosea (Less.). 



In the second note the author shows that the name 

 Sterna albiyena usually applied to the Arabian Sea-Tern 

 is a uomen nudum, and a new name is necessary for the 

 species. Sterna repressa, nom. nov., is proposed. 



The Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) is stated 

 in the A. O. U. Check-list as '^ accidental in India/' Dr. 

 Hartert shows that the record on which the statement is 

 based is, to say the least of it, an uncertain one. There is 

 »an example of that species in the Philadelphia Academy 

 Museum from the collection of a Capt. Boys, who un- 

 doubtedly collected in India, but this particular bird is 

 without any label, and that it came from India is pure 

 conjecture. 



In the fourth pa})er in the list Dr. Hartert proposes to 

 recognise two races of the Cormorant in Europe — a larger 



