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Mearns on New African Birds. 1 — The birds here described were 

 obtained on the Frick, Rainey and Smithsonian African Expeditions, 

 except one secured by Dr. W. L. Abbott in 1888. They are as follows: 

 Francolinus hildebrandti helleri (p. 381) Mt. Lololokui; Chalcopelia afra 

 kilimensis (p. 383) Mt. Kilimanjaro; C. chalcospila intensa (p. 384), 

 Hawash River, Abyssinia; C. c. media (p. 385), Gardulla, Abyssinia; 

 Cinnyris venusta blicki (p. 386), Lake Stephanie; C. mediocris garguensis 

 (p. 387), Mt. Gargues; C. reichenowi kikuyensis (p. 388), Escarpment Sta.; 

 Chalcomitra senegalensis atra (p. 388), Thika River; Anthreptes collaris 

 garguensis (p. 389), Mt. Gargues; Estrilda atricapilla keniensis (p. 390), 

 Aberdare Mts.; Halcyon senegalensis cinereicapillus (p. 391), Kisingo, 

 Uganda; H. malimbicus prenticei (p. 392), Lake Victoria, Uganda; Melit- 

 tophagus variegatus loringi (p. 393), Lake Albert, Uganda; Colius strialus 

 jebelensis (p. 394), Gondokoro. 



These forms are very fully described often with remarks upon allied 

 races. — W. S. 



Von Ihering on Brazilian Birds. 2 — Prof, von Ihering has been in- 

 vestigating the life histories, habits and structure of various groups of 

 Brazilian birds in their bearing on the systematic arrangement of the 

 genera. In a recent paper he takes up the cuckoos, 1 arranging them in six 

 subfamilies, Phoznicophainoz, Coccyzince, Centropina, Crotophagince, Scy- 

 thropince, and Cuculince. Incidentally he discusses the Brazilian birds 

 which lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. 



In another paper 3 he writes of the ornithological collection of the Museu 

 Paulista and contributes some new observations on the nests and eggs of 

 Brazilian birds, considering some 48 species. There is a fine colored plate 

 of Phylloscartes paulista and Guracava dijficilis and two other plates of 

 nests and eggs. — W. S. 



Allen's ' Birds in their Relation to Agriculture in New York 

 State.' 4 — This little pamphlet is a veritable mine of information and its 

 very conciseness will appeal to those who have not time to seek out their 

 information from a number of more formidable publications, while it will 

 undoubtedly carry home the principles of bird conservation to many who 

 could not otherwise be reached. 



i Descriptions of New African Birds of the Genera Francolinus, Chalcopelia, 

 Cinnyris, Chalcomitra, Anthreptes, Estrilda, Halcyon, Melittophagus, and Colius. 

 By Edgar A. Mearns. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 48, pp. 381-394. January 19. 

 1915. 



2 Biologia e Classiflcacao das Cuculidas Brasileiras. Por Hermann von 

 Ihering. Revista Mus. Paulista, IX, pp. :571N410. .July, 1914. (In Portuguese 

 and German.) 



3 Novas Contribuicoes para a Ornithologia do Brazil. Por Hermann von 

 Ihering. Revista Mus. Paulista, IX, pp. 411-488. August, 1914. (In Portu- 

 guese and German.) 



4 Birds in their Relation to Agriculture in New York State. By A. A. Allen. 

 The Cornell Reading-Courses, IV, No. 76, November 15, 1914, pp. 17-56. 



