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da Cunlia group of islands. In the series of eggs collected by 

 liira and pi'esented to the Museum are examples of those of 

 Pho'hetria juliginosa, Thalassogeron culminatus, Catarrhades 

 chrysocome, Fvffimis gravis, Prion vittatus, Stercorarius 

 a?itarctiais, Sterna vittata, and Micranous leucocapillus. 

 The eggs of the Great Shearwater are of special interest, 

 as, although it is " a fairly regular visitor to British 

 waters," Saunders tells us that '^ nothing is known of its 

 nidification,^' but that it is supposed to resort to some of the 

 islands in the Southern Ocean for the purpose of reproduction. 

 If the eggs in question have been correctly identified, 

 Saunders's surmise will be proved to be correct. 



New Ornitholugical Periodical. — We liave received three 

 numbers of a new ornithological periodical. Unfortunately 

 it is in Russian, so we cannot make out much of it, but the 

 Russian title is translated as "^Messager Oriiithologiqne''' 

 in French and as " Ornithologische Mittheilungen " in 

 German, and the Editor is M. G. T. Poliakoff", Leontiewsky 

 Perenlok, Moscow^ Amongst the contributors we find the 

 names of Buturliu, Alpheraky, and Sarudny, all well known 

 to us. There is a long article by Alpheraky upon the birds 

 of the Sea of Azov and by Sarudny on the ornithology of 

 Turkestan. Mr. Buturlin makes a new genus of Campo- 

 phagidse, Motacilloides (type M. cinereus = Pericrocotus 

 cinereus Lafr.), and mariy new subspecies. He also reviews 

 the Nightingales (Philomela) and makes a new species, 

 P. transcaucasica. No worker on Palsearctic Birds should 

 fail to consult this new Journal. 



The Expedition of the B. 0. U. into Central New Guinea *. — 

 We much regret to state that, in consequence of renewed 

 attacks of fever, Mr. Walter Goodfellow, the Leader of 

 the Central New Guinea Expedition, has been compelled 

 to resign his post and is on his way home. Under these 



* See ' Ibis,' 1910, p. 762. 



