114 Short Notices of Ornithological Picblications. 



the wings. The Great Crested Grebe is likewise converted 

 into a separate subspecies and called Podiceps cristatus 

 infuscatus Salvad. The Treble-collared Sand-Plover is not 

 recognisable to us under its new outlandish generic name of 

 Afroxyechus. The Sacred Ibis is now called Thre^kiornis, 

 and the Wood-Ibis receives the generic name of Jbis. The 

 local Knob-bill Duck is relegated to a separate subspecies, 

 S. melanoti's africanus Eyton, being "always smaller than 

 specimens of the ty})ical form from Ceylon/' In the October 

 1914 and January 1915 numbers, Mr. David A. Bannerman 

 publishes two parts of the report on the birds collected by 

 the late Capt. Boyd Alexander, part 1 being on the birds of 

 Prince's Island and part 2 on those of St. Thomas Island. 

 Many mainland, and especially South African, forms are 

 mentioned. 



2. ' The Avicidtural Magazine ' (3rd Series), Vol. vi. 

 Nos. 1-12. 



The November 1914 number contains an interesting 

 article by R. A. Holden on the breeding in captivity of the 

 various members of the genus Ilgpltantornis. 



" Cranes in Captivity" forms the subject of an interesting 

 paper (anonymous) in the December 1914 number. Short 

 accounts of various species are given, including the South 

 African Stanley and Crowned Cranes. 



Dr. Butler gives us an article on " Reasoning in Birds '* 

 in the January 1915 number. He cites the discriminating- 

 powers of Parrots as instances of reasoning. The February 

 number contains, inter alia, a short account by Mr. H. D. 

 Astley of the Brown-necked Parrot {Poicephalus fuscicollis) 

 in captivity. Mr. G. H. Gurney, F.Z.S., gives us in the 

 April number an account of the breeding in captivity of the 

 South African Coly (Colius striatus). Mr. Gurney is pro- 

 bably the first aviculturist to breed this bird in confinement. 



The Auoust number contains an article on the Yulturine 

 Guinea-Fowl {Acryllium vidturinum), by Dr. Graham Ren- 

 sliaw, with a photo half-tone illustration of the bird. 



