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Observations on the Striated Field Wren {Calamanthus fuliginosus). 

 By H. Stuart Dove. 



Notes on some South American Birds. By Claude H. B. Grant. 

 Supplementary to a paper in 'The Ibis ' for 1911, contains information on 

 the habits of neotropical Molothri. 



Notes on the Ruticilla nigra of Giglioli. By T. Salvadori — Proves to 

 be R. tithys blackened accidentally by soot while confined alive. 



On a Journey to the Fiji Islands, with Notes on the present status of 

 their Avifauna, made during a year's stay in the Group, 1910-1911. By 

 P. H. Bahr — together with a Description of a small collection of skins 

 from the same locality. By C. B. Ticehurst. — Calliptilus solitarius 

 figured. 



Notes on the Ornithology of Corsica, Part IV (concluded). By the 

 Rev. Francis C. R. Jourdain. 



Notes on Laniarius mufumbiri. By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant (figured). 



Remarks on the Syrinx of the Scolopacidse. By W. P. Pycraf t. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CLXXVI. Febru- 

 ary 28, 1912. 



Mr. Ogilvie Grant discusses the Crows of Australia and decides that 

 their proper nomenclature is as follows: Corvus coronoides Vig. & Horsf., 

 the Raven; Corvus cecila Mathews, the Crow; and Corvus bennetti North, 

 the Jackdaw. 



Mr. W. P. Pycraft describes the structure of the Syrinx in the Jack snipe, 

 and explains the presence of an intercalary bar of cartilage. Dr. P. H. 

 Bahr considers that each group of snipe has some special modification 

 for the production of sound, in some species the stiffened spine-like rectrices, 

 in others the emarginated remiges. while the peculiar syrinx in the Jack 

 snipe is for the same purpose. 



The following new birds are described: Diomedia culminata mathewsi 

 Roths., Campbell Isl., N. Z.; Cryptospiza borealis Percival, Mt. Urguess, 

 n. of Guasso Nyero; Coereba pacifica P. R. Lowe, coast of Peru; and C 

 chloropyga alleni P. R. Lowe, Matto Grosso, Brazil. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. CLXXVIII. April 

 26, 1912. Contains a general discussion on ' erythrism ' in birds' eggs and 

 some observations on the birds of the Fanning Islands. 



British Birds. Vol. V, No. 11. April 1, 1912. 



The Dipper at the Nest. By Arthur Brook. — With photographs. 



Some Results obtained by ringing Starlings. By N. H. Joy. — 1696 

 birds trapped and ringed in less than two years. 



Manx Ornithological Notes. By F. S. Graves and P. G. Ralfe. 



Under the head of ' Notes ' are numerous records of the recovery of 

 marked birds and of the unusual occurrence of Little Auks during January 

 and February, 1912 (continued in the next number). 



British Birds. Vol. V, No. 12. May 1, 1912. 



On Incubation. By Eric B. Dunlop. — Discusses the large number of 

 species which begin to incubate when the first egg is laid,' Ovitegae ' the 



