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Arthur C. Stark, who was killed at Ladysniith just after passing the sheets 

 of the first volume through the press, as stated in our review of "Volume 

 I (Auk, XVII, April, 1900, pp. 189, 190). Mr. Sclater states : "The manu- 

 script of this volume was found partly stored at Durban and partly along 

 with the author's papers in Ladysmith, and by the desire of his executors 

 has been entrusted to me for completion and publication. A good deal of 

 revision and addition has been necessary to complete this volume, which 

 I trust ma_v be found as satisfactory as the first, for which Dr. Stark was 

 alone responsible." Mr. Sclater further says: "It is my wish and hope to 

 be able, with the help of Dr. Stark's note-books and papers, to prepare, 

 very shortly, the two final volumes on South African birds necessary to 

 complete this work." This is a very pleasant assurance, as this work, 

 when completed, will form a most useful hand-book of South African 

 ornithology. The two volumes on the Mammals, also by Mr. Sclater, 

 have already been issued, and form a most welcome and valuable contri- 

 bution to the series of volumes forming 'The Fauna of South Africa,' 

 of which Mr. Sclater is the editor and Mr. R. H. Porter the enterprising 

 publisher. 



In scope and method of treatment the present volume compares favor- 

 ably with the first, already described at some length in this journal (/. c); 

 the numerous illustrations, prepared especially for this work by Mr. II. 

 Gronvold, are satisfactory and well chosen. 



The present volume covers the Passerine families Laniida^ Cratero- 

 podidae, Turdidae, MuscicapidiE, Dicruridse, Campophagidae, Hirundinidse, 

 and Pittidae, and treats of 199 species — Nos. 183-381. In addition to the 

 text cuts illustrating structural details are several half-tone illustrations of 

 birds with their nests. 



The nomenclature is conservative, and not quite up to date, if we take 

 Dr. Sharpe's ' Hand List of Genera and Species ' as the standard, it con- 

 forming more nearly with that of the British Museum ' Catalogue of 

 Birds.'— J. A. A. 



Nelson on New Birds from Mexico.' — The new species and subspecies 

 here described were mostly collected by Mr. Nelson and Mr. Goldman 

 during their recent trip to Yucatan, and are as follows : (i) Crypturiis sal- 

 l(Ei ffoldinani, (2) Crax chapmani., (3) Nyctidromus albicollis yucataticiisis, 

 (4) Attila mexicanus, (5) Alyiopagis yncatanensis, (6) Pachyrhamphus 

 inajor itzensis, (7) Icterus cucullatus duplexus, (9) Icterus cucnllatus cozum- 

 elcB, (9) Stelgidopteryx ridgivayi., (10) Troglodytes pentjtsularis, (11) Ale- 

 rula plebeia differens. A new genus, Nyctagreus, is proposed, with Cap- 

 ritnulgus yucatdne?isis Hartert as the type. — J. A. A. 



' Descriptions of a new Genus and eleven new Species and Subspecies of 

 Birds from Mexico. By E. \V. Nelson. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. 

 XIV, pp. 169-175. Sept. 25, 1901. 



