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November, 1913.) — The birds could readily be separated and appeared 

 like two distinct species, those from the male Reeve's and female Ring- 

 neck being uniformly lighter than those from the other combination. 



Macginley, P. J. Notes from the Skelhgs. (The Irish Naturalist, 

 November, 1913.) 



Alphonsus, Brother. Winter Birds of 1912-13, and Comparative 

 Migration of Our Birds in Spring. (Midland Naturalist.) 



Nesterov, P. V., and Nikandrov, J. N. On the Migration and Nidifi- 

 cation of Birds in the vicinity of Pskov. (Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. St. 

 Petersburg, XVIII, pp. 102-124.) — Text in Russian, but with tables 

 giving dates for 15 years, and technical names of the species. 



Menzbier, M. Contributions to Russian Ornithology. — The Question 

 of the Relationship of Aquila fulvescens Gray. (Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. 

 Moscow, 1911, No. 4, pp. 287-302 (1913.) — In German. 



Suschkin, P. P. The Avifauna of the Minussensk Territory, the West- 

 ern part of the Sajan Mountain and Urjanchan Land. (Bull. Soc. Imp. 

 Nat. Moscow, 1912, pp. 198-400 (1913).) — An extended discussion of the 

 ranges of the species and tables of occurrence for various allied regions. 



Schuster, W. The Breeding of Aegialites minor and Actitis hypoleucos 

 in Hesse (Bericht Oberh. Gesell. Nat.- und Heilkunde zu Gressen. 1912. 

 V, pp. 136-138, 1913.) 



Rothschild, W., and Hartert, E. List of the Collections of Birds 

 made by Albert S. Meek in the Lower Ranges of the Snow Mountains, on 

 the Erlanden River, and on Mount Goliath during the years 1910 and 1911. 

 (Novitates Zoologicse, October, 1913.) — This paper presents the ornitho- 

 logical results of Mr. Meek's travels in New Guinea which he has already 

 described in his book ' A Naturalist in Cannibal Land.' 229 species are 

 listed of which the following are here described as new : Astur melanochlamys 

 schistacinus, Mt. Goliath; A. drrhocephalus papuanus, Snow Mts.; Pce- 

 cilodryas albonotata griseiventris, Mt. Gohath; P. leucops nigro-orbitalis, 

 Snow Mts.; Machcerirhynchus nigripectus saturatis, Mt. Goliath; Sericornis 

 arfakiana oorti, Bihagi; S. meeki, Mt. Goliath; Pitohui meeki, Mt. Goliath; 

 Philemon novceguinece brevipennis, Snow Mts. also Ailuroedus buccoides oorti 

 from Waigiu. 



Hesse, Erich. Review of a Collection of Birds from the Altai. A 

 Contribution to the Ornithology of Interior Asia. (Mitteil. Zool. Mus. 

 Berhn. VI, pp. 353-454, June, 1913.) 



Briinig, C. The Migration of Nutcrackers {Nucifraga cariocatactes.) 

 (97. Jahr. Natforsch. Gesell. Emden., 1912 (1913.)) 



Hammling, J. Ornithological Observations and Notes from the Pro- 

 vince of Posen. (Zeitschr. Naturwis. Abteil., XX, Vol. I. No. 6. 1913.) 



Seth-Smith, D. Note on breeding of hybrids between Peacock and 

 domestic fowl, and between Peacock and Guinea. (Abst. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, No. 125, Nov. 11, 1913.) 



