Ol2 Recent Literature. [bet. 



i. e. migration routes. With his statements in this connection we heartily 

 agree. 



On Birds from South Annam and Cochin China. Part I. Phasianidae — 

 Campophagida?. By H. C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss.— This is the 

 first instalment of a fully annotated list of birds collected by Kloss during a 

 couple of months early in 1918. " In all 1525 specimens were obtained, repre- 

 senting 235 species and subspecies of which 34 are described as new. The 

 itinerary, which is interesting reading, is prepared by Kloss and the anno- 

 tated list by the two authors together. The present installment covers 

 62 pages and we notice the following new forms: Arboricola rufogularis 

 annamensis (p. 403), Langbian Peaks; A. brunneipectus albigula (p. 405), 

 Dran; Pyrotrogon erythrocephalus annamensis (p. 424), Dran; Cyanops 

 oorti annamensis (p. 428), Dalat; C.franklini auricularis (p. 428), Langbian 

 Peaks; Niltava grandis decorata (p. 444) ; Dendrobiastes hyperythra annamen- 

 sis (p. 445) ; Cryptolopha castaneieeps annamensis (p. 447) ; C. malcolm- 

 smithi (p. 448); C. tephrocephala ocularis (p. 448); all the latter from the 

 Langbian Peaks. There are colored plates of the two Tree Partridges and 

 a number of views of the country. The authors decide that the great 

 majority of those species which are not typically Indo-Chinese are dis- 

 tinctly Himalayan, with some Malayan forms which here reach the limit 

 of their range. Typical Chinese species were unexpectedly few. 



On the Plumage-development of Nettion torquatum, Pcecilonetta erythro- 

 rhyncha and Anas undulata. By F. E. Blaauw. — Descriptions of various 

 plumages. 



List of the Birds of the Canary Islands. Part III. Picidse — Sulidse. 

 By David A. Bannerman. — Another installment of this almost mono- 

 graphic account. 



Further Ornithological Notes from the Neighborhood of Cape San 

 Antonio, Province of Buenos Ayres. Part II. Trochilidae — Plataleidse. 

 By Ernest Gibson. — An entertaining account of Argentine bird life. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. No. CCXLII. 

 April 30, 1919. 



The following new forms are described: By W. L. Sclater, Leucopternis 

 ghiesbreghti costaricensis (p. 76), Carillo, Costa Rica; by E. Stuart Baker, 

 Rhinortha chlorophcea fuscigularis (p. 77), Sarawak, Borneo; and Poliopsar 

 leucocephalus annamensis (p. 77), Nhatrang; by Chas. Chubb, Synallaxis 

 macconnelli (p. 7S), Mt. Roraima, British Guiana. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CCXLIII. June 4, 

 1919. 



Lord Rothschild having obtained some specimens of Ostriches from the 

 Syrian desert finds them distinctly smaller than the North African form, 

 a fact that had already been suggested by the smaller size of the eggs, he 

 therefore describes it as Struthio camelus syriacus (p. 83), wisely restrict- 

 ing camelus to the African bird. 



Dr. Hartert describes Melanocorypha bimaculata gaza (p. 84), Shellal, 

 Palestine, and Corvus comix judceus (p. 85), Bir Salem, Palestine. He also 



