146 Short JVotices of OrnifJiolor/ical PuhJicat'wns. 



4. "Notes on the rarrots. (Part V.) By T. Salvadorl, 



H.M.B.O.U. 

 The author continues his check-list of the Parrots. 



5. " On the Birds collected hy Mr. Walter Goodfellow on 



the Volcano o£ Apo and in its Vicinity, in South-east 



Mindanao, Philippine Islands." By W. 11. Ogilvie- 



Grant. 



This is an account of an important collection, recently 



acquired by the British Museum, made during the early part 



of 1905. This part of these islands had been occasionally 



visited before by collectors^ but not by any means thoroughly 



worked. Seven species new to science were obtained. 



6. " On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. Geoffrey Archer 



during a Journey to the Ruwenzori Range." By F. J. 



Jackson, C.B., C.M.G. With Notes by R. Bowdler 



Sharpe, LL.D. 

 This paper describes 182 species of birds obtained by Mr. 

 Archer during a stay of about five months, from January to 

 June 1902, in the district. Mr. Archer marched from 

 Entebbe through Toro and the Kibera Forest to Fort Portal ; 

 thence to Ruwenzori, Lake Albert Edward, Kangao's, Katwe, 

 Toro Forest and Ankole, to Nairobi. A large number of 

 South African species were met with, such as Columha 

 arquatrix (Olive Pigeon), Turtur semitorquatus (Red-eyed 

 Dove), Turtur senegalensis (Laughing Dove), Clialcopelia 

 afra (Emerald-spotted Dove), Steplianilnjx inornatus (Swain- 

 son's Plover), 2'otanus glareola (Wood Sandpiper), Nettion 

 punctatus (Hottentot Teal), Nyroca erytliroplithalma (South 

 African Pochard), Circus cinereus (Montagu's Harrier), 

 Circus ranivorus (South African Harrier), Buteo augur 

 (Augur Buzzard), Buteo desertorum (Steppe Buzzard), Aquila 

 icahlbergi (Wahlberg's Eagle), Coracias caudatus (Moseli- 

 katze's Roller), Eurystomus afer (Cinnamon Roller), Halcyon 

 cJielicuti (Striped Kingfisher), Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 

 (Scimitar-bill), Melittophagris meridionalis (Little Bee-eater), 

 Merops persicus (Blue-cheeked Bee-eater), CaprimuJgus na-_ 



