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hope however that ere long we may be able to live up to his generous 

 allowance ! 

 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXXVII. 



November 30, 1918. 



This number contains the annual review of ornithological activities by 

 the Chairman, Mr. W. L. Sclater. 



There are also descriptions of a number of new species, as follows: 

 By W. L. Sclater; Buteo jakal archeri (p. 17), Waghar, Somaliland. By 

 E. C. Stuart Baker; Bhringa remifer peracensis (p. 18), Telom, Malay 

 Peninsula; Picus canus gyldenstolpei (p. 19); Sadiya, Assam; Thereiceryx 

 lineatua intermedins (p. 19), Pahpoon, Burmah; Cyanops duvaceli robinsoni 

 (p. 20), Klang, Malay Peninsula; Pitta ccerulea hosei (p. 20), Mt. Dulit, 

 Borneo. By Dr. Hartert; Corvus rhipidurus as a substitute for Corvus 

 affinis Ruppell (p. 210). By Charles Chubb; Gampsonyx swainsonii 

 magnvs (p. 21), Amotapc, Peru; G. 6. leonce (p. 22), Leon, Nicaragua; 

 Falco rufigularis petoensis (p. 22), Peto, Yucatan; F. r. pax (p. 22), Charu- 

 playa, Bohvia. By G. M. Mathews: Diornedia exulans westralis (p. 23), 

 W. Australia, off Albany; Acanthiza pusilla peroni (p. 23), Peron Peninsula, 

 Australia; Leggeornis lamberti hartogi (p. 24), Dirk Hartog Island, Austra- 

 lia; Urodynamis taitensis belli (p. 24); Norfolk Island. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXXVIII. 

 January 3, 1919. 



Mr. Chas. Oldham gave an extended account of the breeding of the Black- 

 necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis). 



Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker discusses the races of Alcedo meninting of which 

 he recognizes six. A. in. coltarti (p. 39), from Saddya, Assam and .A. m. 

 scintillans (p. 38), Bankasoon, are. described as new. 



Dr. Hartert proposed Aegilhalos caudatus pyrenaicus for a new race 

 recently described in ' Novitates Zoologicae ' but inadvertently not named. 



Mr. Chas. Chubb described: Sclerurus mexicanus certus (p. 41) Guate- 

 mala, Volcan de Agua; S. m. macconnelli (p. 41), Ituribisi River, British 

 Guiana; S. m. peruvianus (p. 41), Yurimaguas, east Peru; S. m. bahice 

 (p. 42), Bahia, Brazil; and the new genus Poliolaema (p. 42), for Myrmo- 

 therula cinereiventris (Scl. & Salv.). 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXXXIX. Janu- 

 ary 29, 1919. 



Mr. Stuart Baker described as new, Penthoceryx sonnerati ivaiti (p. 47), 

 Ceylon. Dr. Hartert; Serinus buchanani (p. 50), Maktan, East Africa. 

 Mr. Chas. Chubb; Dendrocincla barlletti (p. 50), Chamicuros, east Peru; 

 D. fuliginosa wallacei (p. 52), Para, Brazil; Xenops genibarbis cayoensis 

 (p. 52), Cayo, British Honduras. 



British Birds. XII, No. 7. December, 1918. 



The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the British Waders. By Annie 

 C. Jackson. — Northern Phalarope, Stilt, Avocet and Godwit. Concluded 

 in the next number, which contains the Curlew, Snipe and Woodchuck. 



Avicultural Magazine. X, No. 3. January, 1919. 



