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A Thickhead apparently allied to Pachycephala is regarded as represent- 

 ing a new genus is described as Coracornis raveni (p. 157), while a Cuckoo 

 Shrike related to Malindangia of the Philippines also becomes the type of a 

 new genus and is named Celebesia abbotti (p. 158) . The other new forms are, 

 Caprimulgus affinis propinquus (p. 155); Collocalia vestita aenigma (p. 156); 

 Rhamphococcyx centralis (p. 156); Lophozosterops striaticeps (p. 157); 

 Cataponcra abditiva (p. 158); and Cryplolopha nesophila (p. 158). — W. S. 



Oberholser's ' Mutanda Ornithologica V.' — This 1 is the fifth of a 

 series of papers which Dr. Oberholser has been issuing calling attention 

 to necessary changes in the nomenclature of birds in various parts of the 

 world. The species here treated are all Woodpeckers. Iyngipicus pyg- 

 mceus (Vig.) he shows must hereafter be known as Yungipicus mitchellii 

 (Mahl.), the specific name being preoccupied and the generic name not 

 following the original spelling. /. auritus (Eyton) becomes Y. moluccensis 

 (Gmel.), the latter specific name being earlier. Dendropicos minutus 

 (Temm.) is preoccupied and is renamed D. elachus (p. 8) while Campethera 

 punctata (Valencien.) becomes C. punctidigera (Wagl.), for the same 

 reason. Gecinus striolatus (Blyth) is in like case and becomes Picus xan- 

 thopygius (Bonap.), Gecinus giving way to Picus as explained by Hartert 

 (Vogel Palaarkt. Fauna VII p. 889).— W. S. 



Miller's 'Birds of Lewiston- Auburn and Vicinity.' — Well pre- 

 pared local lists have a very definite value and when they are prepared 

 in a way to help the bird student their value is doubled. Such a list is 

 Miss Miller's well printed brochure on the birds of Lewiston-Auburn, 

 Maine. 2 It consists of notes on 161 species which have been observed in 

 recent times in the region covered, together with 40 additional species of 

 water birds seen by others in the vicinity. Not only is the nature of the 

 occurrence and relative abundance of each species in the main list given, 

 but there are interesting accounts of their habits from personal observa- 

 tion and appropriate quotations from standard works and popular writings 

 on nature, which make the text attractive and readable. Preliminary pages 

 treat of the bird-life of the four seasons and there are some supplementary 

 suggestions to bird students and a table of migrants in the order of their 

 spring arrival. The dedication is to Prof. J. Y. Stanton at whose sug- 

 gestion the list was prepared and who " was the author's inspiration in all 

 her bird study." His death occurred while the work was in press and the 

 addition of the portraits makes it in a measure a memorial to him. We 

 might call attention to the tact that this excellent list does not contain a 



1 Mutanda Ornithologica V. By Harry C. Oberholser. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 Vol. 32, pp. 7-8, February 14, 1919. 



2 Birds of Lewiston-Auburn and Vicinity, by Carrie Ella Miller. With an Introduction 

 by Professor J. Y. Stanton. Lewiston Journal Co., Lewiston, Maine [Spring, 1918], 

 pp. 1-80 and two portraits of Prof. Stanton. Papers cover 50 cts., cloth $1. 



