256 Recent Literature. [ A ^"u 



Rejection by Birds of Eggs unlike their own: with Remarks on some of 

 the Cuckoo Problems. By C. F. M. Swynnerton. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. No. CCXXYIII. 

 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker describes five new Bulbuls. 



Mr. Charles Chubb describes Sajtaloptis simonsi (p. 17), Choquecamate, 

 Bolivia; Leptoptila intermedia (p. 17), Central south Peru; Columba ano- 

 laimos (p. 17), Anolaima, Colombia; and Gymnopelia cecilioe gymnops 

 (Gray ms.) (p. 18), Challapata, Bolivia. Parns flavipectus carruthersi 

 (p. 19); Samarkand, and Herpornis xantholeiica interposita (p. 20), Teman- 

 goh, Upper Perak, are described by Dr. Hartert. 



Mr. P. F. Bunyard discusses the effect of the unusually severe winter of 

 1916-1917 on the birds. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXIX. Decem- 

 ber 29, 1917. 



Lord Rothschild describes Turtur afer sclateri (p. 26), Entebbe, Uganda; 

 and Dr. Hartert, Anthreptes hypogrammica intensior (p. 27), Sarawak, 

 Borneo and three forms of Edolisoma, while Mr. Charles Chubb proposes 

 six new Tinamous, four Doves and Pigeons and two Rails from various 

 parts of South America as well as Conopophaga aurita occidentalis (p. 34), 

 from eastern Ecuador. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXX. January 

 28, 1918. 



Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker describes Prima inornata herberti (p. 39), Bang- 

 kok; and Mr. Charles Chubb Attagis gayi fitzgeraldi (p. 40), Horcones 

 Valley, Argentina, and A. g. simonsi (p. 41), Lake Titicaca, Peru. 



British Birds. XI, No. 7. December, 1917. 



Occurrence of the Buff-backed Heron in Norfolk. By F. W. Smalley. 



John Hunt, Part II. By Hugh S. Gladstone. 



There is a lengthy discussion on the number of races of the Puffin and 

 their nomenclature. 



British Birds. XI, No. 8. January, 1918. 



Notes and Observations on the Moor-Hen. By Frances Pitt. 



The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the British Waders. By 

 Annie C. Jackson. Part IV. — Lapwing, Turnstone, Upland Plover, Ruff 

 and Sanderling. 



British Birds. XI, No. 9. February, 1918. 



On the Breeding Habits of the Hobby. By M. Ashley. 



Notes on the Relation between Moult and Migration as observed in 

 some Waders. By Annia C. Jackson. — Unfortunately the Sanderling 

 was not one of the species selected for study by Miss Jackson. In our 

 experience it moults more freely in migration than any of the others but 

 probably it would not alter the general conclusions reached. 



C. J. Alexander. Obituary. 



Avicultural Magazine. IX, No. 2. December, 1917. 



Several Papers on Old World Vultures, wild and in captivity. 



Variation in Colour of Wild Geese. By M. Paul. 



