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descriptions of the following new forms: Apalis jacksoni minor (p. 76) 
Bitye, River Ja., Apalis ansorgeit (p. 77) N’Dalla Tando, N. Angola; 
Bradypterus grandis (p. 78) Bitye, River Ja. 
Dr. John C. Phillips has an interesting letter on the Steamer Duck 
embodying some of the observations on this species made by Mr. W. 8. 
Brooks on his recent expedition to the Falkland Islands. 
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. CCXX, January 2, 1917. 
Rothschild and Hartert review the races of Lalage karu recognizing six 
forms of which L. k. obscurior (p. 16), Fergusson Isl.; L. k. keyensis (p. 17) 
Little Key Isl. and L. k. pallescens (p. 17) Sudest Isl., are described as new. 
Lord Rothschild further discusses Mr. Mathews’ races of owls of the genus 
Tyto. 
British Birds. X, No.7. December, 1916. 
British Birds Marking Scheme — Progress for 1916. By H. F. Witherby. 
A summary shows that up to the beginning of 1916 48,950 birds had 
been banded, of which 1903 had been recovered. 
Notes on the Breeding-Habits of Temminck’s Stint. By Maud D, 
Haviland.— Illustrated from photographs. 
British Birds. X, No. 8. January, 1917. Notes on the Breeding 
Habits of the Red-backed Shrike. By J. H. Owen. 
Supposed Breeding of the Barnacle Goose in Iceland. By H. Noble: 
Avicultural Magazine. VIII, No.1. November, 1916. 
Breeding of the Little Bustard. By W.H. St. Quintin. 
Avicultural Magazine. VIII, No.I. December, 1916. 
Notes on a few American Warblers. By Lady William Cecil. 
South Australian Ornithologist. III, PartI. January, 1917. 
Field Notes on Acanthornis magnus (Gld.) Scrub Tit. By E. Ashby. 
Revue Frangaise d’Ornithologie. VIII, No. 93. January, 1917. 
Possible Utilization of the Kerguelen Islands as a National Park for the 
Conservation of Antarctic Animals. By A. Menegaux. 
List of Birds Collected or Observed on the Ivory Coast (Guinea). By 
Drs. Bonet and Millet-Horsin.— Concluded. 
Messager Ornithologique. VII, No. 4, 1916. 9 (In Russian). 
Subspecies and Natio. By P. P. Sushkin.1\— A plea for the adoption of 
quadrinomial names, the fourth term to indicate, as it were, a subspecies 
of a subspecies, since in many cases subspecies are not of equal value. 
On the Birds of the Far East. By S. A. Buturlin.— Cetrastes bonasia 
ussurtensis (p. 222); T. b. kolymensis (p. 226); TJ. b. amurensis (p. 226); 
and 7’. b. volgensis (p. 227), subspp. nov. 
Preliminary List of Birds Observed in Sochi District of the Black Sea 
Government. By Alex. Koudashev. 
Observations on the Rare and Little-known Birds of the Government of 
Moscow. By A. M. Kaminsky. 
