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recognized in Europe by some systematists, two more are now 

 added, and as Mr. Dresser appears to require a partner in sub- 

 dividing the Paridae (teste Parus britannicus) , he has found 

 one this time in Count Salvador!, who instigated the differ- 

 entiation of Acredula macedonica. The ludian species figured 

 under the name of Parus atriceps, Horsf., is described under 

 the earlier name of P. cinereus, Vieillot. The researches of 

 Mr. Meade- Waldo in the Canary Islands have shown that 

 three unsuspected forms of Blue Tit exist in that group, and 

 these are duly described, with illustrations ; but Troglodytes 

 pallidus, of Transcaspia, is not figured, because it is "merely 

 a pale desert form^' of T. parvulus, though admitted to 

 specific distinction. For the Desert Finch named Erythro- 

 spiza obsoleta on the plate, the genus Bucanetes has been 

 accepted in the letterpress. An able review is given of the 

 Starlings of the Western Palsearctic region, and, after treating 

 of the forms allied to Sturnus vulgaris, Mr. Dresser decides 

 that S. unicolor may be placed on one side as quite distinct 

 from any other species. The plates are up to their former 

 standard of excellence, but the figures of some of the Shrikes 

 seem to be rather too large. 



40. Drummond-Hay on the Birds of the Tay. 



[Bird-life within the Banks of the Tay, from Kenmore to Invergowrie. 

 By Col. H. M. Drummond-Hay, C.M.Z.S. Trans. Perthshire Soc. Nat. 

 Sci. ii. pp. 62-77.] 



It is with deep regret that we allude to this interesting 

 paper as being the last we shall receive from its author, whose 

 much-lamented decease will be found recorded further on. 

 The paper is short, but full of valuable matter, and the 

 descriptive portion is charming, for Col. Drummond-Hay 

 belonged to the good old school of those who wrote English, 

 and not " Journalese." 



41. D' Urban and Mathew on the Birds of Devon. 

 [Supplement to the Birds of Devon. By W. S. M. D'Urban, F.L.S., 



and the Rev. Murray A. Mathew, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. 31. 8vo. London, 

 1895.] 



Since the publication of ' The Birds of Devon/ which we 



