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natalensis nilotica, Lado Enclave, and Pyromelana flammiceps changam- 

 wensis, Changamwe, coast of British East Africa, secured by the Smith- 

 sonian African Expedition under Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The second 

 paper deals wholly with Weaver Birds, four were obtained on the Childs 

 Frick Expedition, the last one on the Smithsonian Expedition. The new 

 forms with type localities are as follows: Olhyphantes fricki, Sidamo, 

 southern Abyssinia; Hypargos niveoguttatus macrospilotus, Meru Forest, 

 British East Africa; Aidemosyne cantans meridionalis, Indunumara Mts., 

 B. E. A., Lagonosticta rubricata fricki, Gardulla, Abyssinia; and Aidemo- 

 syne inornata, El Dueim, White Nile, Sudan. — W. S. 



Shufeldt on Fossil Feathers and Fossil Birds. i— In this paper Dr. 

 Shufeldt discusses the various specimens of fossil feather impressions that 

 have been described, illustrating most of them, and also presents some 

 photographs of other specimens found in the Florissant formation in Colo- 

 rado by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell and others. 



Two new species are based on bird remains in the Peabody Museum, 

 Yale University. Hebe schucherti from the Green River Eocene of 

 Wyoming, is a possible ally of the South American Pteroptochidce, although 

 the author is not prepared to say positively what its affinities may be 

 other than that it is passerine. Yalavis tenuipes is another passerine 

 species about the size of a warbler, locality unknown. — W. S. 



Gain, on Penguins of the Antarctic Regions .^ — This interesting 

 account with numerous excellent illustrations is reprinted from La Nature. 

 Dr. Gain was naturalist of the Charcot Expedition of 1909, which wintered 

 at Petermann's Island and had ample opportunity for studying these 

 interesting birds. His report upon them forms a convenient work of 

 reference on the habits of a group with which the recent antarctic expedi- 

 tions have made us more familiar than ever before, birds whose remarkable 

 structure and peculiar actions arouse our keenest interest. — W. S. 



Mathews' 'A List of the Birds of Australia.' ' — Some months ago, 

 much to our regret, we felt it necessary to comment adversely upon the 



> Fossil Feathers and some heretofore undescribed Fossil Birds. Journal of 

 Geology, XXI, No. 7, Oct.-Nov. 1913, pp. 628-652. 



2 The Penguins of the Antarctic Regions. By L. Gain. Smithsonian Report 

 for 1912, pp. 475-482, plates 1-9. 1913. 



' A List of the Birds | of Australia | By | Gregory M. Mathews, F. R. S. E. | 

 Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological Societies of London | Member of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union 1 Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union | Member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1 Author of 1 

 "The Birds of Australia" | Containing the Names and Synonyms Connected | 

 with each Genus, Species and Subspecies of | Birds foimd in Australia, at present 

 known to | the author. | [vignette]. Witherby & Co., 326 High Holborn, Lon- 

 don, W. C. I 1913. roy 8vo. pp. i-xxiv + 1-332 + index and map of Australia 

 hewing type localities. [Edition limited to 270 copies.] 



