554 Recent! ij published Ornithological Works. [Ihis, 



The Bombay JoHrnal. 



[The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, xv. no?. 1-5. 

 March 1917-I)ec. 1918.] 



The last completed volume of the Journal of tlie Bombay 

 Natural History Society is a stout tome of over 700 pages 

 and contains much that is of interest to ornithologists as 

 well as to students of other branches of Natural History. 

 From Mr. Stuart Baker we have iu each numbei' a part of 

 liis valuable account of the Game-Birds of India, twenty- 

 fonr of which have now been publisiied. Each is illustrated 

 with a coloured plate, those of the present volume repre- 

 senting Galhis soimerati, GenncEKS alhocristatus, Phasianus 

 Intnnce, and Pucrasia macrohtplia. A very careful revision of 

 the species and subspecies, witli full descriptions and care- 

 fully selected field-notes of other authors as well as the 

 residts of his own observations, constitute a most complete 

 history of these magnificent birds, and we hope when the 

 series of articles are completed that we shall see them in 

 book-form. 



The country lying between Munipur and the southern 

 Chin hills in Upper Burma is still but little known orni- 

 thologically. It consists of steep heavily-woodrd hills 

 rising to about 7000 feet, and is very difficult of access. 

 Messrs. J. 0. Hopwood and J. M. D. Mackenzie, both of 

 the Indian Forest Service, have made several excursions 

 into the region, and contribute a list of the birds and the 

 eggs obtained with many notes of considerable interest. 



A useful article is one by Mr. C. H. Donald on the 

 Raptores of the Punjab, in which he endeavours to provide 

 keys for the easy identification of these difficult birds, not 

 only when killed but also when seen on the wing. No fewer 

 than fifty-five species are mentioned in the list as cccurring 

 in the Province. Another article dealing witii the Punjab 

 avifauna is from the pen of Mr. H. Whistler, who con- 

 tributes some notes on the birds of the Ambala or Umballah 

 district. 



From ^Mesopotamia we have a few notes on the Game- 

 15irds from Capt. C. M. Thornhill ; and tiiere are a large 



