° 1918 J Recent Literature. 377 



Mr. G. M. Mathews described: Pomalostomus ruficeps parsonsi (p. 48), 

 Pungonda, S. Australia. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXXII. April 

 2, 1918. 



Mr. P. F. Bunyard described the eggs and down of Nyroca nyroca. 



Mr. Charles Chubb described as new: Planesticus fredericki (p. 53), 

 Bartica, British Guiana; P. fumigatus abariensus (p. 53), Abary River, 

 British Guiana and P. f. ochro-fulvescens (p. 54), Trinidad. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXXIII. April 

 30, 1918. 



Dr. Hartert described five new subspecies of Rhipidura and an Oriole, 

 O. luteolus thaiaceus (p. 63), the latter from Siam. 



S. Clark described a new Pigeon from British Somaliland, Columba 

 oliviae (p. 61). 



E. C. Stuart Baker described Garrulax moniliger fuscata (p. 64), Tavoy, 

 Burma; Graucalus macei siamensis (p. 69), Siam, and Aethiopsar fuscus 

 infuscatus (p. 70), Lower Chindwin. 



British Birds. XI, No. 10. March, 1918. 



Notes on the Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida ispida). By W. Rowan. 



A Note on the Nesting of the Swallow. By J. H. Owen — Important 

 notes on the appearance and development of the young, nestling period 

 etc. 



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

 Annie C. Jackson. — The Knot and Dunlin. 



British Birds. XI, No. 11. April, 1918. 



Field Notes on the Marsh Warbler. By Lieut. D. H. Meares — With 

 colored plate. 



Ornithological Notes from Norfolk for 1917. By J. H. Gurney. 



British Birds. XI, No. 12. May, 1918. 



The Effect of the Winter of 1916-1917 on Our Resident Birds. By F. R. 

 C. Jourdain. 



The " British Birds " Marking Scheme. Progress for 1917. By H. F. 

 Witherby. 



Avicultural Magazine. IX, No. 4. February, 1918. 



The White Pelicans of Oregon. By Mrs. C. E. Maud.— On Klamath 

 Lake. 



Some American Quails. By P. A. Pichot. — Scaled and Massena Quails 

 and Bobwhite in captivity. 



The Breeding of the Mexican Black-breasted Quail (Colinus pectoralis). 

 By W. S. Baily. 



Birds of the Gambia. By E. Hopkinson. 



The Pigeon Hollandais. By Graham Renshaw. — An account of the 

 known specimens of the extinct Alectroenas nitidissima. 



The Emu. XVII, Part 4. April, 1918. 



Notes on North-western Birds. By F. L. Whitlock. 



Ornithological Notes from North Queensland. By Dr. W. Macgillivray. 

 Part III. — Concludes this valuable annotated list. 



