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collection of birds was by no means complete but 92 species are listed, of 

 which five are new Cisticola kalaharioe, Bradypteris bedfordi, Certhilauda 

 kalaharioE, Trachyphonus nobilis and Pycnonotus tricolor ngamii. 



Contributions to the Ornithology of Egypt. No. III. The Birds of 

 the Wadi Natron. By M. J. NicoU. — This paper covers the ornithology 

 of a chain of salt lakes situated northwest of Cairo, 171 species are listed. 



Bird-notes in two Andalusian Sierras. By Captain H. Lynes. — A dis- 

 cussion of the life zones of some of the mountainous parts of Spain — 

 San Cristobal and Sierra Nevada — with a hst of 82 species. 



Observations on the genus Coereba, together with an Annotated List 

 of the Species. By Percy R. Lowe. — An exceedingly interesting Mono- 

 graph with a correlation of the distribution of the species with geological 

 history. Two main color types exist, corresponding quite well with the 

 mid-tertiary land areas. That covering the Central American and Andean 

 region has extended by a probable ancient land bridge to Jamaica, Haiti 

 and Porto Rica, while the species of the Lesser Antilles belong to the 

 Brazilian type, these islands having been probably formerly connected 

 with the eastern coast region of Venezuela. 800 specimens were examined 

 and 34 species and subspecies are recognized, C. chloropyga cayennensis, 

 Cayenne, and C. luteola montana, Merida, Venezuela, are described as new. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, CLXXIX. 



Messrs. Wallis and Pearson describe the nesting of two Algerian Larks, 

 Rhamphocorys clot-bey and Amynomanes deserti algeriensis and the Medi- 

 terranean Gallinule, Porphyrio coeruleus. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant reports that Mr. Walter Goodfellow who has been 

 exploring Mount Arizan, Formosa, had successfully brought to the coast 

 living specimens of the splendid Mikado Pheasant, Calophasis mikado. 

 He also describes the following new birds from Mr. Goodfellow's collection: 

 Horeites acanthizoides concolor, Brachypteryx goodfellowi, Parus ater ptilosus, 

 and Dicceum formosum. 



Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, CLXXX. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant shows the distinctness of the three African Francolins, 

 Francolinus castaneicollis, F. boltegi and F. gofanus. 



Mr. Thomas Parkin records a specimen of Terekia cinerea from Kent, 

 a new bird for Great Britain. 



Dr. Percy R. Lowe's new race of the Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus 

 fuscus brittanicus, is discussed at length. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes describes briefly his recent journey to Formosa. The 

 following new birds are described, Erythrocercus nyasoe Olgivie-Grant, 

 Nyassaland: and Scops spurrelli Ogilvie-Grant, Ashanti. 



Appended to this number is a paper on the birds of the Island of Shaweis- 

 han by J. D. La Touche revised by C. B. Rickett. This investigation 

 was financed by the Ornithologists' Club for the purpose of obtaining 

 information on the migration of birds on the Chinese coast. 193 species 

 are listed. 



The Avicultural Magazine. Vol. Ill, No. 8. June, 1912. 



