500 Recent Literature. hoce 
C. W. Mackworth-Praed.— Collections were made on the Tsavo River 
and about Thika. 188 species are listed, and several groups are considered 
at some length — notably the species of Podica. 
What is Turdus minutus Forster, from Cook’s Botany Island? By L. 
Brasil.— Identifies it with Acanthiza flavolateralis of G. R. Gray. 
Notes on Birds recently observed in Macedonia. By Capt. A. G. K. 
Sladen. 
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. CCXXV, May 25, 
1917. 
Lord Rothschild discussed the species of Lophophorus and came to the 
conclusion, with the aid of a large amount of new material, that L. refulgens 
and L. impejanus are one and the same species. 
Dr. Hartert called attention to the peculiar protuberance on the belly of 
Textor. 
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. CCXXVI, June 26, 
1917. 
Dr. Hartert described Alemon alaudipes boaviste (p. 56) from Boavista 
Cape Verde Islands. 
British Birds. XI, No.1. June, 1917. 
Additions and Corrections to the Hand-List of British Birds. (Second 
List.) 
Notes on the Breeding Habits of the Dotterel on the Yenesei. By Maud 
D. Haviland. 
Field Notes on the Nesting of the Dotterel in Scotland. By Capt. C. 
S. Meares. 
The Moults of the British Passeres. By H. F. Witherby. This In- 
stallment and the one in the following number cover the warblers and 
thrushes. 
British Birds. XI, No. 2. July, 1917. 
The Severe Winter of 1916-17 and its Effect on Birds in the South of 
Ireland. By C. J. Carroll.— The mortality all over Ireland was ‘‘desper- 
ately heavy.” 
Some Notes on the Breeding Habits of the Merlin. By E. R. Paton. 
British Birds. XI?, No. 3. 1917. 
Field Notes on the Nesting of the Hobby. By Capt. C. S. Meares. 
The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the British Waders. By Annie 
C. Jackson.—A valuable article supplementing Mr. Witherby’s papers on 
the moult of the Passeres. It is gratifying to read that the author would 
emphasize the fact that ‘“‘colour change without moult, excepting of course 
effects due to abrasion and fading, plays no part in the sequence of plu- 
mages of the Limicole.”’ 
Avicultural magazine. VIII, No. 8. June, 1917. 
The Red-breasted Goose (Bernicla ruficollis). By H. D. Astley — With 
colored plate. 
Birds in London and Suburbia. By Allen Silver.— An interesting paper 
especially to those who make “‘city lists” in this country. 
