1915 J Recent Literature. 523 



By L. Beresford Mouritz. — An annotated list of 237 species, completed 

 in the July number. 



Notes on the Ornithology of Cyprus. By F. R. S. Baxendale. — Thirty- 

 eight species considered. 



Report on the Buds collected by the late Mr. Boyd Alexander during 

 his last Expedition to Africa. Part III. The Bird of Annobon Island. 

 By D. A. Bannerman. — 17 species. 



On a Collection of Birds from British East Africa and Uganda, presented 

 to the British Museum by Capt. G. B. Cosens.— Part II. Accipitri- 

 morphes — Cypseli. By C. H. B. Grant. With Field Notes by the Col- 

 lector W. P. Lowe. — This installment brings the list of species up to 170. 

 Under a number of species all of the subspecies are considered and many 

 questions of synonymy worked out. Trrisor erythrorhynchus ruwenzorce 

 (p. 286) from Ruwenzori is described as new. In the July number the 

 groups Colii-Pici are considered and the list carried to 212. The same 

 careful study of allied races marks this part also. 



The " Mauritius Hen " of Peter Mundy. By W. L. Sclater — Inter- 

 esting comments on the references to the Dodo and " Mauritius Hen " 

 ( Aphanapteryx brcekii) an extinct Rail, in the recently published ' Travels ' 

 of Peter Mundy 



Coloration as a Factor on Family and Generic Differences. By Percy 

 R. Lowe. — This is the full text of Mr. Lowe's address before the British 

 Ornithologists' Club already noticed. 



Mixed Bird-parties. By C. F. M. Swynnerton. — An interesting descrip- 

 tion of such assemblages in various parts of the world, which are explained 

 on the basis of systematic cooperative hunting. 



A Note on Loxia pytyopsittacus Bork. By C. B. Tieehurst. — Plea for 

 its recognition as a valid form. 



The New B. O. U. List of British Birds. By Dr. E. Hartert.— A valu- 

 able review by the principal author of the British ' Hand-list ' which empha- 

 sizes the opinion expressed in these columns that differences in bird names 

 today are dependent mainly on questions of ornithology rather than of 

 nomenclature. Several corrections, to the ' List ' are also given in the 

 Correspondence columns. 



The Ibis. X Series. Vol. Ill, No. 3. July, 1915. 



Notes on Bird-Migration at the Mouth of the Yenesei River, Siberia, 

 as observed in the autumn of 1914. By Maud D. Haviland. — An impor- 

 tant paper, among other statements the author says " any acceleration or 

 delay in the annual shrinkage of the Polar ice-cap must react to the extent 

 of 200 or 300 miles perhaps in the restriction or extension of the summer 

 range of a species." 



The Bn;ds of Cameroon Mountain. By David A. Bannerman. — This 

 is Part IV of the reports on the late Mr. Boyd Alexander's collections. 

 Sixty-five species are listed. A list of species known to have been obtained 

 about the base of the mountain is added. 



Notes on Some Waders. By Ernst Hartert and Annie C. Jackson. — 



