4c;Z Recent Literature. ljuly 



Ivan Braconier. By L. Coopman. — -With portrait. 



Capture of a Red-necked Brant in Belgium. By A. Paque. — With 

 colored plate. 



The Birds of Devon (England) Compared with those of Belgium. By 

 Th. Bisschop. 



Der Ornithologische Beobachter. XVII. No. 5. February, 1920. 



Influence of Meteorological Conditions on the Migration of the Wood- 

 cock. By Dr. L. Pittet. [In French.] 



Summer Life of the Starling. By H. Fischer-Sigwart. [In German.] 



Der Ornithologische Beobachter. XVII, No. 7. April, 1920. 



On Zoological Nomenclature. By A. Hess. — The use of and between 

 two specific names to indicate intermediates, the open end of the "V" 

 being toward the species which it most resembles. [In German.] 



Ornithological Notes on the Region of the Bosphorus. By A. Mathey 

 Dupraz. [in French.] 



The Call-Notes of Birds and their Significance. By H. Noll-Tobler. 

 [in German.] 



Der Ornithologische Beobachter. XVII, No. 8. May, 1920. 



Report of the Swiss Central Station for Bird Ringing in Bern, 1917- 

 1919. By A. Hess, [in German.] 



Influence of Meteorological Conditions on the Migration of the Wood- 

 cock. By L. Pittet, [in French.] 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol. 27, No. 3-4. March- 

 April, 1919. [In German.] 



Remarks on the Breeding Habits of the Swift (Cypselus apus.) By 

 W. Bachmeister. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte, Vol. 27, No. 5-6. May-June, 

 1919. [In German.] 



Why do the larger Migrating Birds fly in the Wedge Formation? By 

 W. R. Eckardt. 



New East African Forms. By H. Grote. — Macrosphenus albigula (62), 

 Alseonax murinus roehli (p. 62), Phyllastrephus tephrolaemus usambarae 

 (p. 62), and P. fischeri cognatus (p. 63) all from Mlolo, Usambara. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol. 27, No. 7-S, July-August, 

 1919. [In German.] 



Geographic Errors in Connection with Scopoli in Hartert's 'Vogel der 

 Palaearctischen Fauna'. By G. Schiebel. 



On the Nomenclature of the Genus Phalaropus Brissen 1760. By A. 

 Laubmann. — Adopts the same nomenclature as already used in the A. O. 

 U. Check-List of 1910. 



On the Position of the Feet of the Bustard in Flight, By E. Hesse. — 

 Holds them straight back under the tail. See also November-December 

 issue for comment. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol. 27, No. 9-10. September- 

 October, 1919. [In German] 



