220 Recent Literature. [ April 



Whistler. With Notes on the Collection by C. B. Ticehurst. — 267 species 

 listed, of which Riparia riparia indica (p. 70) from Jhelum, is described as 

 new. 



Notes on a remarkable Honey-eater (Woodfordia superciliosa North.) 

 from Rennell Island in the Western Pacific. By C. M. Woodford. — With 

 colored plate. 



Studies on the Charadriiformes — III. Notes in Relation to the Syste- 

 matic Position of the Sheath-bills (Chionididos). By P. R. Lowe. — This is 

 an admirably prepared paper on an important subject. Dr. Lowe's 

 studies lead him to the opinion that the Sheath-bill is not a connecting 

 link between the Plovers and Gulls as Kidder and Coues suggested, while 

 it does not seem to be very closely related osteologically to the Oyster- 

 catcher as some writers have contended. He finds not a particle of evi- 

 dence to support Dr. Shufeldt's statement that " the skull of Chionis minor 

 is a veritable columbo-gallinaceous one." Dr. Lowe considered that the 

 evidence points to the Sheathbills having been differentiated from the main 

 Charadriiform stock before it had split into the Plover and Snipe branches 

 and prior to the differentiation of the Skuas and Gulls. They are however, 

 a very specialized, not a generalized, group. 



Incidentally Dr. Lowe emphasizes the " very literal and patent fact " 

 that the Gull is only a highly specialized Plover. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. No. CCX. Decem- 

 ber 3, 1915. 



Dr. Hartert described Stachyris leucotis goodsoni (p. 7), Borneo; and 

 proposed the generic name Reinarda (p. 7) for Claudia preoccupied. 



^gialitis hiaticida tundrce (p. 7) is described as new by Dr. P. R. Lowe 

 from the valley of the Yenesay, E. Siberia; and Mirafra cantillans william- 

 soni (p. 9) by E. C. Stuart Baker from Bangkok, Siam. 



A general discussion was held on ' The Bearing of Oology on Classi- 

 fication.' 



Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club. No. CCXI. Decem- 

 ber 20, 1915. 



E. C. Stuart Baker described as new Mirafra assamica marionce (p. 34), 

 from Central Siam, and Dr. Hartert the following: Malacocincla sepiaria 

 iardinata (p. 35), Gunong Tahan, E. Malay Peninsula; Pomatorhinus 

 schisticeps cryptanthus (p. 35), Margherita, Upper Assam; Enjthrocichla 

 bicolor ivhiteheadi (p. 36), Borneo; and Macronus ptilosus reclusus (p. 36), 

 Kina Balu, Borneo. It was announced that the Birds of Paradise intro- 

 duced on the island of Tobago in 1909 had bred, and five young had been 

 'raised. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. No. CCXII. Febru- 

 ary 3, 1916. 



Charles Chubb described the following new forms from Ecuador; Asio 

 galapagoensis oiquatorialis (p. 46), Pichincha; Ciccaba albitarse goodfellowi 

 (p. 46), Quito; Pyriglena caslanopterua (p. 47), Braza; Grallaria nuchalis 

 obsoleta (p. 47), Pichincha; Automohis brooki (p. 48), Gualea. G. M. 



