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Munro, J. A. Notes on the Birds in an Okanagan Orchard. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, January, 1918.) 



McWilliam, J. M. Notes on Some of the Birds of Bute (Scotland). 

 (Scottish Naturalist, February, 1918.) 



Evans, William. References to the Early Bird-Life of the Isle of May. 

 (Ibid, March, 1918.) 



Oberholser, H. C. List of the Birds Observed at Swan Lake, Minne- 

 sota, July 25-27, 1917. (Fins, Feathers and Fur, No. 13, March, 1918.) 



Oberholser, H. C. Mutanda Ornithologica III. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 

 XXXI, May 16, 1918.) — Several changes in names preoccupied viz. 

 Hcematopus quoyi Brab. & Chubb becomes H. townsendi Aud.; Totanus fus- 

 cus Linn, becomes T. maculatus (Tunstall) ; Eos recinia ta (Bechst.) becomes 

 E. guenbyensis (Scop.); Leucotreron gularis Q. & G. becomes L. epia (p. 48) 

 nom. nov. and Gymnopelia erythrothorax (Meyen.) becomes G. cecilioe (Less.). 



Grinnell, Joseph. The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee. (Univ. 

 of Cal. Publ. Zool. XVII, No. 17, May 4, 1918). Besides the typical form 

 of the Rocky Mts., Dr. Grinnell recognizes three others: Penthestes g. 

 inyoensis (p. 509), Panamint Mts., eastern California; P. g. baileyi, Moun- 

 tains of southern California and P. g. abbreviatus (p. 510), Siskiyou Moun- 

 tains, northern California. 



Foster, Arthur H. A List of Birds which have occurred in North 

 Hertfordshire, with Notes on each Species. (Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. and Field Club, XVI) — An excellent British ' local list.' 



Coward, T. A. Observations on the Nesting of the Palm Swift, made 

 by Arthur Loveridge in German East Africa. (Proc. Manchester Lit. 

 and Philos. Soc, 1916-1917.) 



Gudger, E. W. An Old Record of Albino Turkey Buzzards. (Science, 

 No. 1213.) 



Oberholser, H. C. Albino Turkey Buzzards. (Science, No. 1221). — 

 Explains that the supposed albinos were in all probability King Vultures. 



Publications Received. — Bangs, Outram and Penard, Thomas E. 

 Notes on a Collection of Surinam Birds. (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., LXII, 

 No. 2, pp. 25-92, April, 1918.) 



Beal, F. E. L. Food Habits of the Swallows. A Family of Valuable 

 Native Birds. Bull. No. 619, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, March 8, 1918, 

 pp. 1-28. 



Chubb, Charles. Nutes on Embernagra platensis and its Allies, with 

 Description of a New Species. (The Ibis, January, 1918, pp. 1-10.) 



Craig, Wallace. Directions for Making a Metal Bird-Cage. (Avi- 

 cultural Magazine, August, 1917. Repaged 1-6.) 



Cory, Charles B. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas, Part II, No. 1. 

 Field Mus. of Nat. Hist., Publ. 197, Zool. Series. Vol. XIII, March, 

 1918, pp. 1-315. 



Forbush, Edw. H. (1) The Heath Hen of Martha's Vineyard. (Amer. 

 Museum Jour., Vol. XVIII, No. 4, pp. 278-285, 1918.) (2) Tenth Annual 



