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identified as Chcetura jumosa and Geotrygon venezuelensis. Probably, 

 however, the last named is equivalent to Geotrygon linearis of Leotaud's 

 list. 



Mr. Cherrie questions Hellmayr's reference of the Trinidad Pachy- 

 rhamphus to niger cinereiventris, considering it to be nearer niger or 

 possibly separable, but confirms Hellmayr's recognition of a Trinidad 

 form of Pitangus derbianus, which, indeed, Cherrie had already described 

 in manuscript when Hellmayr's valuable paper appeared. — F. M. C. 



Report on the Immigration of Birds in England and Wales in the 

 Spring of 1905. — The British Ornithologists' Club, at a meeting held 

 December 14, 1904, appointed a Committee, consisting of six members 

 of the Club, with Dr. T. G. Penrose as chairman and Mr. J. L. Bonhote 

 as secretary, to collect and collate evidence regarding the movements of 

 the common migratory British birds, the investigation to be limited at 

 first to England and Wales. The report of the Committee is published 

 as Volume XVII of the 'Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club' (8vo, 

 pp. 127, February, 1906), and is entitled 'Report on the Immigration of 

 Summer Residents in the Spring of 1905.' An introduction of ten pages 

 explains the method of conducting the work, which it is hoped will be car- 

 ried on for a number of years, and a statement of certain general facts 

 regarding the routes and manner of arrival of the species observed. Then 

 follow special reports upon each of the 29 species here treated, with sepa- 

 rate maps for each on which are plotted the localities and dates of 

 observation. There is also a map showing all the points at which obser- 

 vations were made. The facts of observation are thus presented in detail 

 in the text and graphically on the maps. An attempt is made to trace 

 "when and where the birds entered the country, how they dispersed 

 themselves over it, when they reached their breeding places, and, finally, 

 how some of them passed through, and out of, the country." It is rec- 

 ognized that the results arrived at in a single year are only approximate, 

 and hence no attempt is made to generalize from them to any great extent. 

 If, however, the work should be continued for a series of years, as is con- 

 templated, it is evident that a correct idea of the normal movements 

 of birds within this area will be obtainable. — J. A. A. 



A Hand-List of the Birds of the Philippine Islands. — This valuable 

 work, by Richard C. McGregor and Dean C. Worcester, 1 on the plan of 

 Dr. Sharpe's British Museum 'Hand-List of Birds,' is a most welcome 

 and useful contribution to Philippine ornithology. The 'Hand-List' 



1 A Hand-List of the Birds of the Philippine Islands. By Richard C. McGregor 

 and Dean C. Worcester. No. 36. — January, 1906. Department of the Interior. 

 Bureau of Government Laboratories. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1906. — Large 

 Svo, pp. 123. 



