Sliorl yoticea oj Oniithologicai Publications. I'M 



The February 1908 nuinber gives us a description by 

 E. C. Chubb, o£ the Rhodesia Museum, of P. mennelU, similar 

 to Poliospiza gularis. 



XVII. ' Ornithologisclie Monatshericlite.' 



In the December 1907 number, Mr. Oscar Neumann 

 describes a new subspecies of Lourie ; he separates the 

 Transvaal form of Twacus corythaix under the trinomial 

 name of 2\ c. p]io3biis, subsp. nov. His reasons for so doing 

 are given as follows : upper-back, wing-quills, and tail almost 

 wholly glossed with blue ; lovver-back and rump black with 

 a libic-steel-blue {iiot green) sheen. The February number 

 contains a criticism of Mr. Oscar Neumann's conclusions 

 regarding the genus Telephonus by Mr. Haaguer. 



Mr. Neumann's paper will be found reviewed under the 

 heading of the 'Journal fiir Ornithologie.' 



XVIII. ' Novitates Zoohgicce,' vol. xiii. November 1907. 



This number contains a paper by Dr. Ernst Hartert titled 

 " Notes on African Birds,'"* Part I. A list of the collections 

 of African skins in the Tring Museum is first given, 

 followed by remarks on various species. The name of 

 Textor niger Dr. Hartert puts down as T. alhirostris niger 

 (Sm.). He also states that the old specific name of bicolor 

 by which the Bush Weaver was formerly known is the 

 correct one, and not gregalis, the present name in use. 



