556 Recent Literature. [oct. 



Notes on Sexual Selection. By Frank Finn (concluded in July number). 

 Diary of Birds seen on the White Nile (concluded). By Richard 

 Staples-Browne. 



Wintering Cranes in New England. By J. C. Phillips. 

 British Birds. Vol. VI, No. 1. June 1, 1912. 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull of the British Isles. Larus fuscus hrit- 

 tanicus subsp. nov. By Percy R. Lowe. 



Tengmalm's Owl captured in Northumberland. Its Behaviour in 

 Captivity. By J. M. Charlton. 

 British Birds. Vol. VI, No. 2. July 1, 1912. 



Robert Sibbald and his Prodromus. By W. H. Mullens. — Extracts 

 and plates from this curious old work. 



British Birds. Vol. VI, No. 3. August 1, 1912. 



The Terek Sandpiper in Kent. A New British Bird. By Thomas 

 Parkin. 



Bird Notes. June and July, 1912. 



Birds of Gambia. By E. Hopkinson (continued in both numbers). 

 Colored plate of Chloropsis aurifrons in July. 

 The Emu. XII, Pt. 1. July, 1912. 



Field Ornithology in South Australia — By Capt. S. A. White. — Ac- 

 count of a collecting trip to the Eyre pennisula with field notes on man}' 

 species. 



Examination of Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Austrahan Birds — 

 by J. Burton Cleland. — 105 stomachs of 53 species. 



New Birds for AustraUa. By A. J. Campbell (pubUshed separately, 

 May 21, 1912). — New species are Ptilonorhynchus minor, Heberton Range; 

 Ptilotis carpentariensis Burketown, Gulf of Carpentaria; Ptilotis sub- 

 chrysops, Northern Queensland. 



Lilac nape-band on Female Bower-Birds (Chlamydodera) . By H. L. 

 White — shown to occur on some females beyond question. 



Descriptions of eggs of Ptilonorhynchus minor and Ninox strenua. By 

 H. L. White. 



MetalUc Starlings (Calornis). By E. J. Banfield. — Observations on 

 nesting and habits. 



Breeding Habits of White Tern (Gygis alba) of the Kermadec Group. 

 By R. S. Bell. — An exceedingly interesting account with photographs 

 showing the egg and young. The egg is always deposited on a Hmb or 

 leaning trunk of the Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros villosus) on flat or 

 sUghtly hoUowed places in the bark. There is no nest structure whatever. 

 Oologists in the Mallee. By F. Erasmus Wilson. — Notes on 79 specie» 

 with several excellent photographs of nests and birds. 



Kangaroo Island Reserve. — B. J. W. Mellor. — Urges the enlargement 

 of the small area now protected by the government. 

 Bird Life near Home. By Thos. P. Austin. 



Forgotten Feathers. — Lewin's Birds of New Holland, 1808. By 

 Gregory M. Mathews. 



