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discusses the nomenclature of the Guinea-fowls, and although he says that 

 were we starting afresh the specific name meleagris Linn, would have to be 

 applied to the species now known as ptilorhyncha, it is undoubtedly based 

 upon a mixture of this and the West African form to which it is usually 

 applied. Like Lord Rothschild he prefers not to upset current nomen- 

 clature although he does not apparently definitely fix the application of 

 Linnaeus' name. In order to complete the work we would therefore defi- 

 nitely, restrict Ph a sian us meleagris to the West African Guinea-fowl usually 

 called by that name or by Pallas' name Numida galeata. The attitude of 

 Lord Rothschild and Dr. Hartert is most praiseworthy and we should like 

 to see it adopted by certain authors who rush into changes that might 

 easily be avoided without violating the rules of any Code. 



W. L. Sclater describes Spizaetes batesi (p. 87), Bitye, Cameroons and 

 Chas. Chubb proposes Lophotriccus macconnelli (p. 90), Ituribisi, British 

 Guiana. 



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

 June 30, 1919. 



Chlorophoneus andaryce (p. 94), is described by Sir. F. Jackson from 

 Uganda. Chas. Chubb proposes a new genus Microcochlearius (p. 98) for 

 Euscarthmus Josephines Chubb. 



D. A. Bannerman proposes Crateropus tenebrosus claudei (p. 99) from 

 Poko, Belgian Congo. 



British Birds. XII, No. 11. April, 1919. 



Ornithological Notes from Norfolk for 1918. 25th Annual Report. By 

 J. H. Gurney. 



British Birds. XII, No. 12. May, 1919. 

 Birds of the Battlefields. By Capt. Arthur deC. Sowerby. 

 Bird Notes from the Western Front. (Pas-de-Calais). By Capt. W. S. 

 Medlicott. 

 British Birds. XIII, No. 1. June, 1919. 



Additions and Corrections to the Hand-List of British Birds. By the 

 Authors. — Several of these affect species in the A. O. U. List. The Ameri- 

 can Goshawk is added under the name Accipiter gentilis atricapillus, the 

 bird being regarded as a subspecies of the European while the genus Astur 

 is not recognized. The generic names Machetes and Calidris are rejected 

 in favor of Philomachus and Crocethia, they having been used in other 

 connections by an anonymous author of earlier date, as pointed out by 

 Dr. C. W. Richmond. Mr. Ridgway in the last volume of his ' Birds of 

 North and Middle America,' it will be noticed refuses to recognize this 

 anonymous author, but according to our Code Dr. Richmond and the au- 

 thors of the British ' List ' must be followed. The name of the Glaucous 

 Gull is changed to Larus hyperboreus following the A. O. U. Check-List.' 



The Bittern in the Norfolk Broads. By Emma L. Turner. — This bird 

 has been regarded as a " lost breeding species " in England, having been 

 driven out by persistent persecution. During the war, however, it has 

 reestablished itself and the hope of the author is that it may be allowed to 



