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June 2-4th, 1905, is very similar to the type B. ascalaphus, 

 but is smaller, whilst the wavy lines on the breast-feathers 

 are more thickly distributed. 



(8) The March (1906) number of the ' Avicultural Maga- 

 zine ' contains a short account of the Bar-breasted Weaver 

 Finch (Orti/ffospha pohjzona), which is aptly termed the 

 " Quail Finch." Two pairs of this species were received in 

 the London Zoological Society's Gardens in January, being 

 the first occasion on which this species has been represented 

 in the Society's collections. 



(9) The January number of the ' Journal f iir Ornitho- 

 logie ' contains the first part of a lengthy and very interesting 

 paper on the " Phylogeny of the jLam'iw-species,^' by Guido 

 Schiebel, Dr. Phil. (Innsbruck), illustrated by a most in- 

 structive series of coloured plates giving adult and juvenile 

 plumages of many members of the genus Lanius. In this 

 article, which is too long for a general review, he tries to 

 explain how the different species arose and in what way they 

 differ from one another. 



(10) The same number contains an article on the genus 

 Corvus, with four plates, by 0. Kleinschmidt. This is really 

 a supplement to von Erlanger's series on the " Bird Fauna of 

 N.E. Africa," and is founded on the collections made by 

 von Erlanger. 



(11) The April number of ' The Emu ' (part 4, vol. iv.) 

 contains some interesting papers, chief amongst which is a 

 paper by Dr. D'Ombrian on a " Visit to an Ibis Rookery," 

 which is illustrated by a photograph of young Ibises on plat- 

 forms of rushes, and an exceedingly interesting monograph 

 of " The Coach-whip Bird," by their Secretary (A. H. E. 

 Mattingley). The latter is illustrated by two charming photo 

 ^-tones of Coach-whip Bird and nest of young, and nest 



