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powder-down patches alike render this course unadvisable. 

 But the famihes Coraciidse and Leptosomidse are, no doubt, 

 nearly allied. 



Mr. Dresser recognizes 12 species of Coracias and 8 of 

 Eurystomus. As regards Coracias iveigalli, which Dr. Sharpe 

 was inclined to refer to the immature plumage of C. spatu- 

 latus, there can be little doubt, now that a second specimen 

 has been received from the same locality (see Canon Tristram, 

 below, p. 320), that Mr. Dresser is right in considering it 

 distinct. But is not the bird figured on plate v. somewhat 

 intermediate ? We are also inclined to agree with the 

 monographer in rejecting the claims of Eurystomus Iceiior 

 and E. calonyx to separation from E. orientalis. 



30, Elliot's Monograph of the Pittidae. 



[A M onopfrapli of the Pittidce, or Family of Ant-Thruslies. By D. G 

 Elliot, F.R.S.E., &c. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Part II. 

 Folio. Quaritch, 1893.] 



The second part of Mr. Elliotts new edition of his ' Mono- 

 graph of the Pittidce' is dated December 1893, but does not 

 appear to have been issued till January 1894. Like the' 

 preceding part, it contains a mixture of old and new plates. 



We regret to see the specific term " coronal a " of P. L. S. 

 Miiller now shifted on from Pitta brachyura to P. irena. No 

 one has yet " dared this deed,^^ although the possibility of 

 it has been hinted at. We do not believe that Mr. Elliotts 

 proposal, which would only create confusion, will be followed. 



The following species are described and figured : — 



Eucicbla ellioti. Pitta coronata (sc7\ irena). 



Pitta cserulea, c? , 5 , and iris. 



young. ussheri. 



Anthocincla phayrei. megarliynclia. 



Pitta rufiventris. cucuUata. 



31. Fowler on the Marsh- Warbler. 



[The Marsh-Warbler (Acrocephalus palusfris) in Oxfordshire and 

 Switzerland : a paper read to the Oxfordshire Natural History Society, 

 Nov. 8, 1893. By W. Warde Fowler, M.A., M.B.O.U. Oxford, 1893. 

 29 pp.] 



Mr. Warde Fowler now gives us a more extended account 



