° '1919 I Recent Literature. 441 



Sharpe et auctorum). By C. G. Finch-Davies. — This species and not 

 H. spilogaster occurs in South Africa. 



Notes on certain recently described Subspecies of Woodpeckers. By 

 H. C. Robinson. 



Some Notes on Oriental Woodpeckers and Barbets. By E. C. Stuart 

 Baker. — An important review of many groups in which Picus canus 

 ricketti (p. 187), Fokien, China, is described as new. 



Notes on Birds observed in Palestine. By A. G. L. Sladen. 



A note on the Buzzards of the Ethiopian Region. By W. L. Sclater. 



Notes on Collections of Birds in the British Museum, from Ecuador, 

 Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. Part II. Podicipediformes — -Accipitri- 

 formes. By Charles Chubb. — Oreophilus ruficollis simonsi (p. 262), 

 Challapata, Bolivia, is described as new. 



List of the Birds of the Canary Islands, with detailed reference to the 

 Migratory Species and the Accidental Visitors. Part II. Turdidse — 

 Hirundinidae. By David A. Bannerman. 



Notes on the Height at which Birds migrate. By Collingwood Ingram. 

 — Capt. Ingram, serving with the Royal Air Force in France, presents his 

 observations upon birds observed from aeroplanes. His highest record 

 is 15,000 ft. 



Obituary. Frederick DuCane Godman; Theodore Roosevelt, Giacomo 

 Doria and Louis Brasil. 



British Birds. XII, No. 10. March, 1919. 



Notes on the Birds of a Valley in the Champagne District, France. By 

 E. Arnold Wallis. 



Observations on Birds seen in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, English 

 Channel, St. George's Channel, August to October, 1917. By D. G. 

 Garnett. — Interesting daily data on the movements of various sea birds. 



The South Australian Ornithologist. IV, Part I. January, 1919. 



Description of a new Subspecies of Climacteris. By J. W. Mellor. 

 C. erythrops parsonsi (p. 5) South Australia. 



The Birds of the Southeastern Part of South Australia. By A. M. 

 Morgan. 



In the Pine and Mallee. By J. W. Mellor. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie XI, No. 117. January, 1919. 

 [In French]. 



The Principles of Geometry Applied by Birds in the Construction of the 

 Nest. By Dr. F. Cathelin. 



Study of a Collection of Birds made by M. E. Wagner in the Provence 

 of ' Misiones,' Argentina. By A. Menegaux (concluded). 



Revue Frangaise d'Ornithologie. XI, No. 118. February, 1919. 

 [In French.] 



Some Observations on the Nest of the Magpie. By A. Labitte. 



