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mil, through central Africa, Lakes Tanganika, Kivu, Albert Edward and 

 Into the ( longo foreal . 



This installment covers all the groups I > t > I the Masseres and L93 Species 



are listed. ' 'uliiml'ii albinucha from Mofira, and Aeio abeseinicua graueri 

 from weal of Lake Tanganika are described as new and tin- former figured. 



O'Donoghue, Chas. H. A Table for Use in i he Identification of Birds' 

 skulls (Zool. Anaeiger XLI, pp. 465 168. 1913.) "Identification 1 

 oarried onrj n> palate-structure ' desmognathous ' etc. 



Blaauw, F. E. Across South America in Tierra del Fuego and back 

 through the Smith-Channel (Notes from the Leyden Museum, XXXV, 

 No I. December, 1912.) Interesting comment in birds, and plate of 

 \ oung ( 'oscoroba. 



Van Oort, E. D. Report on Birds from the Netherlands. Received 

 from September, 1911 till September l, 1912. (Notes from the Leyden 

 Museum XXXIV, No. 3 l, pp 231 234). 



Van Oort, E. D. Bird-Marking in the Netherlands Recovery of 

 Marked Birds (Notes from the Leyden Museum XXXIV, No. 3 I, 

 November, 1912, pp. 243 256. 



Roberts, Austin. The Grass Warblers of South Africa (Cisticola, 



Hemipteryx.) (Ann. 'Transvaal Mils., Ill, Tail I, pp. 227-266.) fis- 



ticola aberrans minor aub&p. now I'ori St. Johns dist.j C monticola sp. now 

 Pretoria; Hemipteryx major, sp. aov. Grahams town; H.egregiasp. dov 

 \\ akkerst room. 



Hartert, E. Expedition to the Central Western Sahara: Minis (Novi- 

 tat. Zool. XX., No. i, February, 1913. pp. ;;7 76.) Annotated list of 

 species or subspecies, (Enanthe leucopyga cegra subsp. nov. Gara EChina. 

 Also an interesting chapter on migration in which the author rejects the 



theory of narrow paths crossing the Mediterranean at definite points and 

 also I lie guidance of birds by landmarks. 



Zedlitz, O. Graf. Ornithological Results of the Expedition of Paul 



Spa!/, in the Algerian Sahara in t he Summer of 1912 (Novitat. Zool. XX, 



No. i, February, 1913, pp. 164 186). Annotated list of 65 species. 

 Hellmayr, C. E. Critical Notes on the Types of Little-known Species 



Of Neotropical Minis. Marl II. (Xovitat. Zool. XX, Xo. I, February, 



I'.h:;, pp 227 256). Numerous important cases of synonymy etc. demon- 

 strated. 



Magnan, M. A.. (I) The Weight of the Remiges of birds (2) Beo- 

 metrical Investigations on the Superior Members of Birds (Mull. A I us. Nat. 



d'llist. Nat., Maris, L912, pp. L3 15). (3) The Weighl of the Meet rices 



of Carinate Birds. {Ibid., pp. 182 184.) (4) The Weight of the Contour 

 Feathers and Down of Birds {Ibid., pp. 385 389). (5) The Quantity of 

 Mk.od in the Different Groups of Minis {Ibid., pp. 389 391). (6) Relation 



between the Mower of Flight and Development of the I, nuns in Minis. 



{Ibid., pp 183-485). (7) The Weight of the Liver in Birds after Bleeding. 

 {Ibid , pp. 185 188). 



Chi:: i, Francisco. ( latalogue of a ( lolled ion of Minis from i be Vicinity 

 of Rome (Bollett. Soo. Zool. Ital. (Ill) I, pp. 117 143. October, 1912). 



