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his last Expedition to Africa. — - Part V. Birds obtained in the Manen- 

 guba Mountains (Cameroon). By D. A. Bannerman. — 43 species. 



Plumages of the Male Crossbill. By C. B. Ticehurst. — The author 

 seems to have overlooked Dr. J. Dwight's account of the molts of this 

 species (Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., XIII, p. 174-176, 1900) where he will find 

 much detailed information. Dr. Dwight is of the opinion that the brick red 

 plumage with red rump is attained by almost all birds at the post nuptial 

 molt. Mr. Ticehm-st, however, found several assuming yellow feathers 

 at this time. 



Ornithological Notes from the Alix and Buffalo Lake Districts, Province 

 of Alberta, Canada, 1914. By C. B. Horsbrugh. — An annotated list of 

 80 species. The Crackles observed must have been Quiscalus quiscula 

 ceneus not Q. quiscala quiscala [sic.]. 



Studies on the Charadi'iiformes — - II. On the Osteology of the Chatham 

 Island Snipe {Ccenocorypha piisilla). By P. R. Lowe. — This curious bird 

 is shown to be a relic of an earlier avifauna, a " living fossil " and the most 

 generalized snipe known. Dr. Lowe considers it probably an outlying 

 remnant of an earlier widespread stock of northern origin from which 

 the present snipe and woodcock have sprung. Similar snipe of southern 

 South America, etc., he thinks had a similar origin and does not regard them 

 as evidence of an Antarctic continent from which all of these primitive 

 types came. 



Note on the NestUng Plumage of the Asiatic Golden Plover (Charadrius 

 dominicus fulvus) . By M. D. Haviland. 



On Bu-ds collected by Mr. C. Boden Kloss, on the Coast and Islands of 

 Southeastern Siam. By H. C. Robinson. — One hundi'ed species are listed 

 of which four are described as new: Pyrotrogon erylhrocephalus klossi 

 (p. 735), Koh Chang; Mesobucco duvaugli orientalis (p. 738), Ok Yam; 

 Criniger ochraceus saccidatus (p. 746), Geting Bidai, Selangor; and Myio- 

 phoneus klossii (p. 750), Koh Mehsi. 



The Avifauna of Central America: a Study in Geographical Distribu- 

 tion. By W. P. Pycraft. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.i No. CCIX. October 

 28, 1915. 



Dr. Hartert described as new Cyanoderma mclanothorax baliensis (p. 2), 

 Bali. C. m. jnelanothorax from Java is a very rare bird and was overlooked 

 in the British Museum Catalogue of Birds. 



British Birds.^ IX, No. 4. September, 1915. 



Notes on the Breeding of the Asiatic Golden Plover. By Maud D. 

 Haviland. — At the mouth of the Yenesei. 



Screened and Open Nests of Redshanks. By C. W. Colthrup. 



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