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a handsome little bird, with a tuft of stiff, yellow feathers ex- 

 tending behind each ear. 



Pheasant Monograph. — The work of the Curator in the 

 preparation of this monograph is completed, save for several 

 introductory chapters, part of the genus Phasianus and a gen- 

 eral revision. The conditions which at present exist in Europe 

 are delaying the completion of the colored plates. The photo- 

 gravures are ready for binding. In spite, however, of the ad- 

 verse conditions, it is planned to issue the first volume in the 

 autumn of 1915, and the remainder as soon as possible. 



Owing to the practical completion of his work on the mono- 

 graph, Curator Beebe has terminated his leave of absence, and 

 on January 1, 1915, returned to active duty in the Zoological 

 Park. The zoological results of the pheasant expedition, aside 

 from pheasants, are in course of preparation for a volume of 

 Zoologica. During the year the Curator published in Zoologica 

 five papers, two of which bear directly on^the pheasant work. 



These contributions were as follows : 



Notes on the Ontogeny of the White Ibis. 



Specialization of Tail Down in Ducks (with L. S. Crandall). 



Effect of Postponed Moult in Certain Passerine Birds. 



Preliminary Pheasant Studies. 



Review of the Genus Gennaeus. 



As indirect results of the Pheasant Expedition the follow- 

 ing papers have appeared, and others are in course of publica- 

 tion: 



A New Squirrel from Borneo — Sciurus beebei. 



(Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. XXX. p. 338). 



A New Slug from the Himalaya Mountains — Anademus 

 beebei. 

 (Cockerell, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. XXXII. p. 617). 



Catalogue of the Pheasants, Jungle Fowl and Spur Fowl in 

 the Indian Museum. 

 (Beebe, Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, V. 

 p. 263). 



