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On the Ornithology of the Commander Islands. By B. M. Shitkov and 

 S. G. Schtecher. 



Sitta europcea iaivana nom. emend. By S. A. Buturlin (p. 311). — New 

 name for S. Jonnosana (nee S. formosa Blyth). 



Carduelis carduelis colchicus subsp. nov. By Alex. Koudashev (p. 313). 



Muscicapa atricapilla sibirica subsp. nov. By V. A. Chachlov. 



Birds collected by A. P. Velezhanin in the Basin of the Upper Irtysh. 

 By G. I. Poljakow (continued). 



Ornithologische Monatschrift. XXXIX, No. 9. September, 1914. 



New Facts on the Method of Propagation in Cuckoos. By K. Wenzel. 



Ornithologische Monatschrift. XL, No. 1. January, 1915. 



Contains reports on the several German bird reservations. 



Ornithological Articles in Other Journals.^ 



Piers, Harry. The Occurrence of European Birds in Nova Scotia. 

 (Proc. and Trans. Nova Scotia Inst. Sci., XIII, Pt. 3, 1912-13, printed 

 April 3, 1915.) 



Williams, M. Y. Notes on the Herring Gull. (Ottawa Natm-alist, 

 November, 1915.) 



Bintoul, L. J., and Baxter, E. V. Some Notes on Birds Moulting in 

 their Winter Quarters. (Scottish Naturalist, January, 1916.) 



Ticehurst, C. B. Notes on Migrants and Moult, with Special Refer- 

 ence to the Moults of Some of our Summer Visitors. (Scottish Naturalist, 

 February, 1916.) 



Butterfield, E. P. Observations on the Behavior of a Nesthng Cuckoo. 

 (Zoologist, January, 1916.) 



B[ragg], L. M. Royal Terns on Devoe's Bank [S. C.]. (Bull. Charles- 

 ton Mus., December, 1915.) 



Lucas, F. A. The Beginnings of Flight. (Amer. Mus. Journal, 

 January, 1916.) 



Thomas, Rose H. White-collar Mendelising in Hybrid Pheasants. 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1915, pp. 279-284). 



Mitchell. P. Chalmers. Anatomical Notes on the Gruiform Birds. 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1915, pp. 413-423.) 



Miller, L. H. The Owl Remains from Rancho la Brea. (Univ. of Cal. 

 Publ., Geol. IX, No. 8, pp. 97-104.) 



Hankinson, T. L. The Vertebrate Life of certain Prairie and Forest 

 Regions near Charleston, Illinois. (Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., XI, 

 pp. 281-303.) 



' Some of these journals are received in exchange, others are examined in the library 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Editor is under obligations to 

 Mr. J. A. G. Rehn for a list of ornithological articles contained in the accessions to the 

 hbrary from week to week. 



