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' Bibliography ' — that relating to North America which appeared as an 

 appendix to his ' Birds of the Colorado Valley ' — (see Bull. Nuttall Ornith. 

 Club, 1879, p. 176.) The receipt of this memorial doubtless had much to 

 do with Dr. Coues' preparation of the British bibliography above alluded to. 

 British ornithologists are certainly to be congratulated upon the publica- 

 tion of such an admirable series of bibliographies as Messrs. Mullens and 

 Swann are compiling. We wish that such a publication were possible in 

 America, where we have likewise had practically nothing in the way of a 

 general bibliography since Dr. Coues ceased his labors in this field. — W. S. 



Birds of the Expedition to Korinchi Peak, Sumatra. — The report 1 

 by Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on the birds collected by them in the Kor- 

 inchi district of Sumatra, constitutes probably the most extensive account 

 of the birds of the island that has yet appeared. They list 186 species 

 with some additional ones secured on the coast at Pasir. Ganting, and under 

 each one is given a detailed account of the specimens, synonymy and much 

 critical discussion of relationship, plumage etc. 



The altitudinal distribution of the species is considered at length, both 

 in the introductory portion and in tables at the end, and comparisons are 

 made with the avifauna of Java and Borneo. The authors' conclusions 

 are that the highest elevations are inhabited by a fauna almost identical 

 with that found on the high peaks of Java and that it is very much more 

 distantly related to that of similar zones on Kinabalu, Borneo. There is 

 also a small proportion of species found on the Himalayas and the moun- 

 tains of Tenasserim and the Malay peninsula which does not spread to 

 Java or Borneo. The very distinct nature of the Kinabalu fauna is especi- 

 ally emphasized. 



There are four excellent colored plates and a bibliography of 22 titles of 

 " the principal articles dealing with the avifauna of Sumatra," among 

 which we fail to find the account of the collection made by Messrs. Harrison 

 and Hiller published by the reviewer in the ' Proceedings ' of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for 1902, pp. 670-691. 



The new forms proposed by Messrs. Robinson and Kloss are as follows: 

 Chotorhea chrysopogon loctus (p. 141), Bukit Tangga, Negri Sembilan, Fed. 

 Malay States; Pnoepyga pusilla harterti (p. 205), Gunong Ijau, Larut Range, 

 Perak; Notodela diana sumatrana (p. 215), Korinchi; Tephrodornis pelvica 

 annectens (p. 222), Lamra, Trang; Parus major malayorum (p. 226), 

 Korinchi; Bhringa remifer attenuata (p. 235), Bukit Fraser, Selangor- 

 Pahang boundary; and Zosterops difficilis (p. 250), Dempo. 



The paper closes with a nominal list of the species certainly known to 

 occur in Sumatra which numbers no less than 526. — W. S. 



i Results of an Expedition to Korinchi Peak, Sumatra. Part II: Birds. Jour. Federated 

 Malay States Museums. Vol. VIII. pp. 81-284. December, 1918. Singapore. Price 

 84.00. 



