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but it is surprising that ' Science ' publishes so many such " records " 

 without comment. 



Chubb, Charles. Descriptions of New Genera and a New Species of 

 South American Birds. (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) II, No. 7, July, 

 1918.) — Pseudoconopophaga (p. 122), type Conopophaga melanogaster 

 (Menetr.); Mackenziama (p. 123), type Thamnophilus leachi Such.; Freder- 

 ckiena (p. 123), type Thamnophilus viridis Vieill. ; Poliolaima (p. 124), 

 type Myrmotherula cinereiventris; and Dichropogon (p. 124) type Hypo- 

 cnemis poecilonota. Picrotes (p. 123) is proposed as a substitute for Lochites 

 Cab. & Heine, and Sakesphorus (p. 123) for Hypolophus. The new sub- 

 species is Rhopias fulviventris salmoni (p. 124) Remedios, Colombia. 



Chubb, Charles. New Forms of South-American Birds. (Ibid., (9) 

 IV, No. 22, October, 1919) these are: Perissotriccus ecaudatus miserahilis 

 (p. 301), Bonasika River, Brit. Guiana; Atalotriccus griseiceps whitelyanus 

 (p. 301), Quenga, Brit. Guiana; Elmiia flavogaster macconnelli (p. 304), 

 Supenaam River, Brit. Guiana; Elmiia cristata whitelyi (p. 304). Roraima, 

 Brit. Guiana, and no less than six races of Pipromorpha oleaginea as follows: 

 wallacei (p. 301) Para, Brazil; hauxwelli (p. 302), Pebas, Peru; chapmani 

 (p. 302), Llanos of the Medina, Colombia; tobagensis (p. 302), Tobago; 

 macconnelli (p. 303), Kamakabra River, Brit. Guiana; and roraimx (p. 303), 

 Roraima. 



Burkitt, J. P. The Wren. (Irish Naturalist, July -August, 1919.) — 

 A most interesting study presenting some important data on the subject of 

 the multiple nests of these birds. The male according to the author builds 

 the nest but takes no part in feeding the young while in the nest. During 

 this period he is building other nests, in one or more of which the brood of 

 fledglings was found to roost later on. 



Burkitt, J. P. Relation of Song to the Nesting of Birds. (Ibid.) — 

 Mateless males are found to sing long after those with mates cease singing. 



Forbin, V. Diving Water Birds. (La Nature, No. 2357. May, 1919.)— 

 Remarkable reproductions of photographs by Dr. Francis Ward of Cormo- 

 rants diving and swimming under water. [In French.] 



Brasil, L. Notes on the Ornithology of Oceania. (Bull. Mus. Nat. 

 d'Hist. Nat, Paris, 1917, pp. 429-441. Received June 25, 1919.) — The 

 discovery of the type of Egretta brevipes Verr. & DesMurs, shows that this 

 bird is a subspecies of Demiegretta greyi. The following new forms are 

 described: Pterodroma rostrata Trouessarti (p. 432), Poliolimnas cinereus 

 ingrami (p. 437) ; Porzana tabuensis caledonica (p. 440). All the birds men- 

 tioned come from New Caledonia. [In French.] 



Raspail, Xavier. Nesting of the Red-tailed Redstart and Time of 

 Incubation of its Egg. (Bull. Soc. Zool. France, XLII. 1917. Received, 

 June 25, 1919.) [In French.] 



Petit, L. Arrival of the Swallows and Swifts in 1917. [In French.] 

 Also their departure. 



Kuroda, Nagamichi. A Collection of Birds from Tonkin (Annot. Zool. 

 Japon., IX, Part III, July, 1917.) — An annotated list of 130 species. [In 

 English.] 



