560 Recent Literature. [bet' 



List of Birds Obtained or Observed at Dahomey 1908-1912. By G. 

 Bouet (concluded). 



Note on Houbara undulata and Some Points Relative to the Ornithology 

 of Tunis. By L. Lavauden. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie. Vol. VI. No. 63. July 7, 1914. 



The Illumination of Ostrich Eggs. By A. Menegaux. — The practice, 

 known to dealers in hen's eggs as ' candling '. 



Notes on the Birds Observed and Secured in Algeria. By M. Spatz. 

 1912-1913. By Count Zedlitz (concluded). 



Ornithologische Monatsschrift. Vol. XXXIX. No. 5. May, 1914. 

 (In German). 



Imitative Ability in our Native Birds. By W. Koch. 



Journal fur Ornithologie. Vol. 62. Part 3. July, 1914. (In 

 German.) 



Birds of the Middle Kergisensteppe. By P. P. Suschkin. 



Contribution to the Ornithology of Prussian Schlesia. By C. Kayser. 



Annual Report (1913) of the Rossitten Bird Observation Station. By 

 By Dr. J. Thienemann. 



In the Proceedings of the German Ornithological Society Prof. Reiche- 

 now (p. 488) proposes two new genera, Gymnomyza, type Leptornis aubrya- 

 nus and Dreptes, type Nectarina thoinensis. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol. 22. No. 6. June, 1914. (In 

 German.) 



On the Biology of Cisticola schusteri Rchw. By Ludwig Schuster. 



The Geographic Forms and Plumages of Ploceus fusco-castaneus Boc. 

 By Oscar Neumann. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol.22. No. 7-8. July- August, 1914. 



Remarks on Some Birds of the East Sea Provinces. By N. Sarudny and 

 M. Harms — Acanthis hornemanni exilipes Coues among others. 



Observations on Hybrid Canaries. By F. Braun. 



Sparrow Hawks, Bird Intelhgence and Alarm Notes. By R. Biedermann 

 Imhoof — Some astonishing syllabic representations of bird calls! 



On the Phanologie of the Song of Alauda arvensis. By K. Radig. 



On a Supposed New Species of Dicceum from Java. By Max Bartels. — 

 D. finschi (p. 125) Goenoeng Beser, W. Java. 



Ornithologische Monatschrift. Vol. 39. No. 6. June, 1914. (In 

 German.) 



Bird Protection and the Feather Fashion. 



Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. Vol. XXV. Parts 1-2. January-April, 

 1914. (In German.) 



Contribution to our Knowledge of the Ornithology of Croatia. By 

 Dr. M. Hirtz. 



Birds of the Island of Arbe [N. Dalmatia]. By Dr. G. Schiebel. 



Remarks on Emberiza citrinella. By Dr. J. Gengler. — Four races recog- 

 nized. 



The Flapping of Birds of Prey with and against the Wind. By R. 

 Biedermann-Imhoof. 



