1917.] Recently published Ornithological Works. 113 



instance, as to whether an old and ol)scure description 

 is sufficiently explicit or not to diagnose a well-known 

 species, at once occurs to one. Is Bbddaert's description of 

 Motacilla boriti sufficient to diagnose the British Garden 

 Warbler as it is believed to be by Hartert, but not by the 

 Committee of the B. O. U. who drew up the recently 

 published list ? Or, to take another question in which the 

 A. O. U. and B. O. U. list differ. What is the type of 

 Ampelis, and can it be used for the Waxwings ? Tliat 

 question is discussed on p. 362 of the B. O. U. list, and 

 the conclusion there given is of course the one favoured by 

 the present writer but not by the A. O. U. Committee. 



Avicvltural Magazine. 



[Avicultural Magazine. Third ISeries. Vol. vii., November 1915- 

 October 1916.] 



Notwithstanding the frequent clamouring of the editor 

 for contributions, the ' Avicultural Magazine ' seems to be 

 able to hold its own and to give us a continuous flow of 

 articles of all sorts relating to aviculture and kindred 

 subjects. We have only space to mention a few of those 

 more interesting to ornithologists geneially. 



" A French Member," who originally imported two species 

 of Humming-birds alive from Guadeloupe, has again after 

 two failures succeeded in obtaining another lot from 

 Venezuela. About twenty-five birds were safely landed 

 and among them were the following species: — Trochilus 

 mango, ^<j?jrtria finibriata, jFj. milleri, Sauzerottea feVici, 

 Chrysolampis elatus, and Eulanipis juguluris. The birds 

 were landed in August 1915, and we hope that some of them 

 are still alive. 



Mr. F. E. Blaauw writes on his observations and expe- 

 riences with the Humming-bird, Eustephanus galeritus, in 

 the southern part of South America, and compares its 

 behaviour with that of the Sun-birds of South Africa. 

 He notices that the Sun-birds seldom hover in front of a 

 flower with quivering wings, as the Humming-birds in- 

 variably do. Mr. Blaauw also writes on the birds he 



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