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and Charadridae of the order Limicolae, including the whole of the 

 plover species and in particular the following : — 



English Common Dutch Common Scientific Nomen- 



Nomenclature. Nomenclature. clature. 



Pratincole, black-wiuged . Kleine spriukbaauvogel... Glaveola melaiioptera. 



Pratincole, red-wiuged ... Roodvleugel sprinkliaan- Glareola fusca. 

 vogel 



Dikkop or (o/*) Thicknee . Dikkop Oedicnemus capensis. 



Water Dikkop Water dikkop Oedicnemus vermiculatus. 



Bui'cliell's Courser Dravertje Cursorius rufus. 



Two-banded Courser Dravertje Rliinoptilus africanus. 



Crowned Lapwing Kiewit or (q/") Kiewitje..,. Stepbanibyx coronatus. 



Blacksmitli Plover Boute kiewit Hoplopterus si^eciosus. 



VIII. — SJiort Notices of Ornitliological Publications. 



1. ' The Ibis ' : Quarterly Journal of Ornithology . July 

 and October, 1914 ; January, 1915. 



This famous journal continues its valuable papers on 

 ornithology from the four quarters of the globe. In the 

 July number the only paper of general interest is one on 

 '' Some Species of the Genus Thalassogeron," by C. Salva- 

 dori. In the January number, Mr. C. H. B. Grant gives us 

 the first instalment of an account of a collection of birds 

 from British East Africa and Uganda, presented to the 

 British Museum by Capt. C. S. Cozens. This includes the 

 groups Struthiones to PelicaniformeSj and contains field- 

 notes by the collector, Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. The paper 

 is illustrated by two plates (a map of the country and a 

 coloured plate of Francolinus hildebrandti altumi) and two 

 text-figures. The African Quail was collected on the 22nd 

 of September, the Harlequin-Quail on October 11th ; the 

 Kurrichane Button-Quail was obtained at Mt. Suswa on the 

 27th September. We notice the Red-eyed Cape Turtle- 

 Dove's generic name is altered to Streptopelia in this paper, 

 and the Senegal Dove to Stiymatopelia. The African Moor- 

 hen is elevated to a separate subspecies and called Gallinula 

 chloropus meridionalis Brehm., and is said to be smaller than 

 the European bird, and to possess a distinct blue colour on 



