500 Uecently published Ornithological Works. 



Gazette, and soon attracted notice on account of the careful 

 and accurate observation they displayed. These articles he 

 reproduced in book form in 1909, adding a valuable table 

 showing the distribution of Burmese birds *. He also con- 

 tributed articles from time to time to 'The Ibis/ the Journal 

 of the Bombay Natural History Society, and other periodicals; 

 the most important of these was his review of theTimeliidse, 

 which appeared in the Bombay Journal during 1914-15. 



Colonel Harington was the discoverer of a number of 

 new forms, and several birds have been named after him 

 by val'ious ornithologists in recognition of the good work 

 he did. Amongst these may be mentioned PoUonetta haring- 

 toni Gates ; Oreicola f. haringtoni Hartert ; Pomatorhinus e. 

 haringtoni and Garrulus haringtoni Sharpe. He was elected 

 a Member of the Union in 1904. 



We regret to announce the death of Lt.-Col. E. A. Butler 

 on May 16 last. We hope to give a notice of his life and 

 work ill the October number. 



XXVT. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



Bangs' s recent papers. 



[The Bahama Swallow in Cuba. By Outram Bangs. Auk, xxxi. 

 1914, p. 401. 



The Bermuda Crow. Id. ibid, xxxii. 1915, pp. 229-230. 



Cabot's types of Yucatan birds. Id. ibid, xxxii. 1915, pp. 167-170. 



Notes on dichromatic Herons and Hawks. Id. ibid, xxxii. 1915, 

 pp. 481-484. 



A Collection of Birds from the Cayman Islands. Id. Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool. Cambridge, Mass., Ix. 1916, pp. 303-320. 



Three new subspecies of birds from Eastern Mexico and Yucatan. 

 Id. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxviii. 1915, pp. 125-126. 



The American Forms of GaUinula chloropus (Linn.). Id. Proc. New 

 England Zool. CI. v. 1915, pp. 93-99.] 



In the first of this long list of papers which Mr. Bangs 

 has recently sent, he informs iis that he has received two 



* The Birds of Burma. By H. H. Harington, Migor, Indian Army, 

 M.B.O.U., F.Z.S. Rangoon, 1909, 134 pp. 8vo. 



