OZo Recent Literature. LOct. 



Le Gerfaut. X, No. 2. 1920. [In French.] 



The Birds of Devon compared with those of Belgium. By Th. Bis- 

 schop. 



Proceedings of the Bavarian Ornithological Society. XII, No. 4. 

 May 15, 1916. [In German.] 



On the Nomenclature of Our Kingfisher. (Alcedo ispida.) By A. 

 Laubmann. — Gracula atthis Linn, is found to be the Egyptian form of 

 Alcedo ispida and having anteriority all of the races become subspecies 

 of it and the European bird will be A. atthis ispida. 



Wood Owl Duet. By Carnel Schmitt. 



On the Forms of Corvus coronoides Group. By E. Stresemann. Twenty 

 races are recognized of which three are described as new: C. c. connectens 

 (p. 281), Loo Choo Islands; C. c. madarazi (p. 285), Colombo, Ceylon; 

 C. c. hainanus (p. 286), Hoihow, Hainan. 



Proceedings of the Bavarian Ornithological Society. XIII, No. 

 1. February 25, 1917. 



Three Contributions to the Nomenclature of European Birds. By C. 

 E. Hellmayr. — Reviews of the B. O. U. List, Reichenow and Hesse's New 

 List of German Birds, and Studer and von Burg's Catalogue of the Birds 

 of Switzerland. 



A New Name for Alcedo grandis Blyth. By A. Laubmann. — Becomes 

 A. hercules (p. 105), the old name antedated by A. grandis Gm. 



Descriptions of Six New Neotropical Birds with Remarks on Ampelion 

 ductus Tsch. By C. E. Hellmayr. — Aleleodacnis speciosa amazonum (p. 

 106), Tarapoto, Peru; Cyanolyca viridicyana cyanolaema (p. 107), Chu- 

 huasi, Peru; Molothrus badius bolivianus (p. 108), Chuquisaca, Bolivia; 

 Philydor ochrogaster (p. Ill), Chanchamayo, Peru; Siptornis berlepschi 

 (p. 113); Chicani, Bolivia; Grallaricula nana olivascens (p. 117); Galipan, 

 Venezuela. Ampelion ductus Tsch. becomes Ampelioides tschudii (Gray), 

 the specific name being invalidated by Ampelis cincta Kuhl while the 

 genus now employed is the earliest of several that have been proposed 

 for it. 



Proceedings of the Bavarian Ornithological Society. XIII, No. 2. 

 September 20, 1917. 



On Mixed Flights of Birds. By E. Stresemann — In the East Indies. 



The Calls of the Swift. By H. Stadler and C. Schmitt. 



Sitta europaea homeyeri Hart, and Related Forms. By I. van Do- 

 maniewski. — See also XVI, No. 2, p. 139 for other views on its relation- 

 ship. 



On the Nomenclature of Palaeactic Crows. By C. E. Hellmayr. 



Miscellanea Ornithologica. By C. E. Hellmayr. 



(V) Two New Neotropical Tracheophones — Hypolophus bernardi 

 cajamarcae (p. 188), Cajamarca, Peru, and Sittasomus griseicapillus 

 reiseri (p. 190), Pedrinha, Brazil. (VI) On Some Types of Coerebidae. 

 (VII) On Synonymy and Nomenclature. Tangara lutleyi (p. 198) pro- 



