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which specimens have been reported; also a key for the determination of 

 the species; a table showing their geographical distribution, and a list 

 of localities; also a list of the species wrongly placed in Elcenia by different 

 authors, with their proper designations; and finally a list of the specimens 

 of Elcenia (about 380) contained in the author's collection, and represent- 

 ing 39 of the 49 forms recognized. — J. A. A. 



Berlepsch and Stolzmann on Birds from Peru. 1 — During the years 1893- 

 1898 M. Jean Kalnowski made considerable collections of birds in various 

 parts of Peru, which form the basis of the present report. The species 

 are listed in seven categories, in accordance with the localities at which 

 they were collected, and include about 200 species. One genus and 14 

 subspecies are described as new, and several others are for the first time 

 recorded from Peru. The technical annotations relate mainly to the char- 

 acter of the specimens in comparison with those from other localities but 

 in part to questions of nomenclature. In adopting the name hedwiga; 

 in place of fulgentissima for a species of Chlorochrysa (p. 108), these authors 

 appear to have overlooked the fact that fulgentissvma is the earlier name,, 

 the paper in which it occurs having been published Sept. 12, 1901, while 

 hedwiga? was first published in the October number of 'The Ibis' of the 

 same year, or nearly three weeks later than fulgentissima. Thirteen 

 species of North American birds are recorded as winter visitors, of which 

 eight are Plovers and Sandpipers and five are Passeres, the latter being 

 Hyloeichla swainsoni, Piranga rubra, Dendroica "rara " (= cerulea),. 

 Wilsonia canadensis, and Empidonax pusillus trailli. — J. A. A. 



Jourdain's ' The Eggs of European Birds.' — Part II of this excellent work 2 

 treats the species in sequence, with their various subspecies, from No. 30, 

 Loxia leucoptera bifasciata, to No. 78, Motacilla flava. Under each species 

 are given the common vernacular names by which they are known in the 

 various countries of Europe, references to the leading standard works on. 

 European birds, and to the works where the eggs of the species have been 

 previously figured. The breeding range is next stated in general terms, 

 and amplified in paragraphs relating to its general distribution (a) in the 

 British Isles, (b) in continental Europe. The character and position of 

 the nests are described in considerable detail, as are also the eggs and their 

 principal variations. The measurements and weights given are often the 

 averages of large series. About two pages are thus devoted to each species, 



1 Rapport sur les nouvelles Collections ornithologiques faites au PSrou par M. 

 Jean Kalinowski. Par Hans Graf von Berlepsch et Jean Stolzmann. Ornis, 

 Vol. XIII, Sept., 1906, pp. 63-133. 



2 The Eggs of European Birds. By the Rev. Francis C. R. Jourdain, M. A., M. B. 

 O.U. Part II, London: R. H. Porter, 7 Princes St., Cavendish Square, W., 1906.. 

 8vo, pp. 81-160, 14 col. pll. Price, 10s. 6d. per part, net. 



