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Avicultural Magazine. VIII, No. 5. March, 1917. 
Whydahs. By W. 8. Baily—AImportant data on molting and nest 
building in captivity. The males apparently always built the nests. 
Notes on Some of the Vireos (or Greenlets) of North America. By The 
’ Lady William Cecil— A popular account of various species observed in 
different parts of America. A Black-headed Vireo observed in Texas is 
hailed as a ‘‘ Fourth specimen of this extremely rare bird .... of which Dr. 
Coues says only three specimens known.’”’ Does the writer suppose that 
American Ornithology has stood still since the ‘ Birds of the Colorado 
Valley ’ appeared? 
Some Birds of the Balkans. By Capt. B. E. Potter. 
Change of Colour in the Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus) as affected by 
Seasons. By H. D. Astley— Now acquires the full plumage in spring 
instead of autumn as it did in Australia, but the molting since it reached 
England seems to have been somewhat irregular. 
Avicultural Magazine. VIII, No. 6. April, 1917. 
The Celebean Maleo. By Graham Renshaw. 
Capacity in Nest-construction. By A. G. Butler.— Accepting polyandry 
as an undisputed fact in the English Cuckoo the author states that the 
pursuit of the female by several males, which he has witnessed, suggests 
that she “‘ is so pestered by the attentions of numerous suitors that she has 
no time to spare for nest-construction.” 
Avicultural Magazine. VIII, No.7. May, 1917. 
The Coming of the Nightingale. By W. E. Teschemaker. 
Water Rails Calling. By A. Trevor-Battye. 
Some Tasmanian Birds’ Nests. By H. Stuart Dove. 
The Display of the Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus). 
Bird Notes. VII, No. 7. July, 1916.— VIII, No. 3. March, 1917. 
Nine monthly numbers mainly devoted to cage birds. Of especial interest. 
are the following: 
In July: Grebes. By W.S. Baily. 
Bird-catching in India. By D. Dewar. 
In February: Nesting of the Black-breasted Quail. (Colinus pecto- 
ralis.) By W.S. Baily. 
In March: Some Toucans. By W. T. Page. 
Bird Notes and News. VII, No. 5. Spring, 1917. 
Food-Crops and Birds. Emphasis is placed upon the increased import- 
ance of protecting birds during the present period of food shortage when it 
is imperative to get the largest possible return from our crops, and when 
advantage must be taken of every factor which will keep insect pests in 
check. The reviewer has taken the same stand in a course of lectures 
recently given in South Carolina and would suggest the advisability of all 
those working in the interests of bird protection to emphasize this point. 
Salmon-Flies and Rare Birds’ Feathers. By W. Baden-Powell.— De- 
monstrates that the gut of silk worms dyed in brilliant colors is just as 
effective for the construction of ‘flies’ as the brightest natural feathers 
