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Bennett, W. Notes on Bell's Vireo. (Ibid.) — Observations on 13 

 nests and other data, illustrated by half-tones, two of which, by the way, 

 are printed upside down. 



Rintoul, L. J. and Baxter, E. V. Autumn Displays in our British 

 Birds. (Scottish Nat., November, 1917.) 



Decher, H. K. The Evening Grosbeak in Greater New York. (Proc. 

 Staten Isl. Asso. Arts and Sci., VI). 



Davis, W. T. Interesting Work of the Woodpeckers. (Ibid.) 



van Someren, V. G. L. A Rare Forest Francolin (Francolinus lathami 

 schubotzi). (Jour. E. Afr. and Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc, VI, March, 1917.) 



Loveridge, A. A Natural History Expedition through the Kedong 

 Valley, B. E. A. (Ibid.) — Interesting narrative full of bird notes. 



Baker, E. C. Stuart. The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon. 

 (Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, XXV, No. 2, September, 1917.) — Genus 

 Gennaeus; very full discussion. 



Donald, C. H. The Raptores of the Punjab. (Ibid.) 



Delacour, Jean. Resistance of Exotic Birds to Cold. (Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Acclim. France, 64 ann., August, 1917.) [In French.] 



Larcher, O. Contribution to the History of Female Birds which have 

 developed the External Characters of the Male. (Ibid.) [In French.] 



Delacour, Jean. On Schizorhis cristata. (Ibid., September, 1917.) 



Willett, George. Notes on Some Mollusc-eating Birds. (Lorquinea, 

 II, pp. 33-36.) 



Oberholser, H. C. New Light on the Status of Empidonax traillii 

 (Audubon). (The Ohio Jour, of Science, January, 1918.) The type 

 proves to be the eastern race, so that E. t. alnorum becomes a synonym of 

 E. t. trailli and the " Traill's Flycatcher " of the west being left without a 

 name is called E. t. brewsteri (p. 93), type locality, Cloverdale, Nevada. 



Morgan, T. H. Inheritance of Number of Feathers of the Fantail 

 Pigeon. (Amer. Nat., January, 1918.) — Figures the curious " split 

 feathers." 



Bretscher, K. Bird Migration in Central Switzerland in Relation to 

 Meteorological Conditions. (Nov. Mem. Soc. Helvet. Sci. Nat., Vol. 51, 

 Mem. 2.) [In French.] — A Review of this interesting paper will be found 

 in ' Nature,' for September 20, 1917. While Dr. Bretscher does not 

 consider temperature the inciting cause of migration, he claims for it consid- 

 erable influence on the progress of the flight. 



Publications Received.— Anderson, R. M. Report of the Southern 

 Division in Canadian Arctic Expedition, [with two other reports] pp. 1-56 

 (reprinted and repaged from the Report of the Naval Service for the fiscal 

 year ending March 31, 1917). 



Arthur, S. C. The Birds of Louisiana. Bulletin 5, Department of 

 Conservation, pp. 1-80. January 19, 1918. 



Batchelder, C. F. Two Undescribed Newfoundland Birds. Proc. 

 New England Zool. Club, VI, pp. 81-82. February 6, 1918. 



