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A Collecting Trip in Southern California. By J. B. Dixon. 
The Odlogist, XXXIV, No. 4. April 15, 1917. 
A Day and Night on Buck Hummock [Ga.]. By T. D. Petry. 
The Odlogist. XXXIV, No. 5. May 15, 1917. 
White-tailed Hawk. By D. B. Burrows. 
The Bluebird. IX, No. 3. February, 1917. 
A Guest from Central America. By C. J. Stanwood. <A sketch of the 
Magnolia Warbler, with photographs of nest and young. 
Home of the Black-crowned Night Heron. By E. L. Jack. Well 
illustrated. 
The Bluebird. IX, No. 5. April, 1917. 
An Experience with Evening Grosbeaks. By C. M. Barrows. An 
interesting account with the most important item —7. e. the locality, 
omitted. 
The Black-throated Green and Magnolia Warblers. By C. J. Stanwood. 
Illustrations of the nest and young of the latter. 
Rara Liber. By A. L. Shepherd—A curiously garbled account of 
Audubon’s ‘ Birds of America’. The original edition appeared 1827-1838 
not 1844, while the ‘“ 1840 edition” in which Audubon was assisted by 
‘‘a man who furnished the technical, scientific portion’ was really the 
‘ Ornithological Biography,’ the text to the plates, and appeared 1831-1839. 
Why the Free Library of Allegheny, Pa., is singled out as the possessor of 
a volume of the work when there are many institutions in America which 
have all four volumes, it is hard to understand. It is unfortunate that such 
misleading articles find their way into print. 
Australia’s Wild Birds. By Charles Barrett.— Illustrated with photo- 
graphs of interesting Australian species and their nests. 
The Ibis. X Series, V, No. 2. April, 1917. 
The Birds of Yemen, south-western Arabia. By W. L. Sclater. See 
antea, p. 356. 
Some reflections on the Breeding-habits of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 
By Major H. F. Meiklejohn. A lengthy paper in which the theories of 
Dr. Rey are considered at length and a number of his conclusions questioned. 
Much space is given to the discussion of the various types of Cuckoo eggs 
and their bearing upon the general question. That this has little to do 
with the cause of the parasitic habit might be argued from the fact that the 
color of the eggs of the Cowbirds is remarkably uniform in each species. 
Note on the Nidification of some Indian Falconide. By E. C. Stuart 
Baker. 
Note on the Acclimatisation of the Australian Black Swan (Chenopsis 
atrata). By R. T. Gunther. 
Obituary. F.C. Selous. Killed in action in East Africa, January 4, 
1917. 
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. CCXXI, January 2, 
1917. 
Discussion on the causes governing the number of eggs in a clutch. 
