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Baynes, E. H. What one Village is doing for the Birds. (Amer. Mus. 

 Jounuil. April, 1914.)— Work at Meriden, N. H. 



Harrison, Launcelot. The Mallophaga as a Possible Clue to Bird 

 Phylogeny. (The- Australian Zoologist, June, 1914.)— A suggestive 

 article in which Kellogg's theory that resemblances in the parasitic Mallo- 

 phaga of various birds may indicate ancestral relationships between the 

 groups, is endorsed. Differentiation it is claimed has been far more rapid 

 in the birds than in their parasites. 



Grinnell, J. A New Red-winged Blackbird from the Great Basin. 

 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. May 11, \^l^.) — Agelaius phoeniceus nevadensis 

 (p. 107, ^'ol. XXVn.), Qulnn River Crossing, Humboldt Co., Nevada. 



Rothschild, L. Walter. Bii-d Life on Oceanic Islands and Insular 

 Variations. President's address (Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 XV. pt. 1. 



Ticehurst, N. F. On the Recent Incursion of Waxwings. (Hastings 

 and E. Sussex Naturahst II, No. 3.) — Reached the Baltic, Oct. 13, Belgium 

 and France middle of Nov., Switzerland end of Nov., Scotland Nov. 10 and 

 remained in England until April 3. 



Noch, James J. List of Birds found at and around Hakgala Gardens 

 [Ceylon] (SpoiUa Zeylanica IX.)— List of 55 species. 



Anon. Hungarian Ringed Storks in S. Africa. (S. Afr. Agr. Journal 

 VII.) — Thirty-two Storks ringed in Hungary and recovered in S. Africa! 



Butler, A. L. The Eggs of the Sudan CrowTied Crane, Balearica pavon- 

 ina cecilht. (The Cairo Sci. Journal, VIII, No. 90.) 



Chubb, E. C. A Description of the Millar Collection of S. African 

 Birds' Eggs. (Ann. Durban Mus. I, pt. 1.)— 2500 eggs representing 308 

 species, showing the lack of necessity in a really scientific collection for 

 large series. 



Simon, M. E. Note on some Tochehdse from Matto-Grosso, Brazil. 

 (Bull. Nat . Hist. Nat. Paris, 1912, No. 8.) — 8 species. (In French.) 



Magnan, M. A. Several articles on flight muscles and relation of wing 

 expan.se to weight of bird, etc. (In French), (do. Nos. 1, 2, 8.) 



Menegaux, A. A new form of Ammodramushom Colombia and Ecua- 

 dor. (In French.) (do. No. 3.) — Refers to A. savanarum caucce Chapm. 



Haagner, Alwin. A Descriptive List of South African Birds, Part I. 

 Struthinnidie — Scolopacida; (Bull. Ser. No. 3. S. Afr. Ornith. Union).— 

 A valuable compilation, with ranges and full descriptions. 



Dubois, A. Several articles on Belgian birds. (In French.) (Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. France, XXXVIII.) 



Menegaux, A. and Dedier, R. A Study of a Collection of Birds made 

 at Yunnan by M. and Mme. P. Comby. (In French.) (Bull. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Nat. 1913, No. 6.) — List of 52 species. 



A Study of a Collection of Birds from Dahomey (do.).— List of 66 species. 



Madarasz, Julius von. Ornithological Results of the Expedition of 

 Rudolf Kuumke in L^ganda. (In German.) (" Quer durch Uganda" 

 Bcrhn, 1913, pp. 183-186.) — 109 species listed. 



