Hecenihj pnhl'ished OrnithoJorjical Works. 393 



speciality, but we are told that it has also an excellent series 

 of Bornean Birds, and that a catalogue of them has been 

 completed. We hope to be favoured with a copy of this 

 Catalogue when printed. 



The most important acquisition of the Bird-collection 

 during 1909 was a specimen of the rare Machcprirhainjjhus 

 alcinuSj sent from Sungei Tengah by Mr. J. Dalton. 



52. ' The Ooloyist: 



[The Oologist : Birds, Nests, Eggs, Taxidermy. Vol. xxvi. Nos. 11,12. 

 Albion, N.Y., U.S.A.] 



We occasionally receive copies of this periodical, which 

 appears to be very popular in the U.S., and has reached its 

 26th volume. There are said to be more than 700 sub- 

 scribers to it. In the 11th No. is an account of a former 

 nesting-colony of the Great Blue Heron in Illinois, now 

 unfortunately deserted. It is nicely illustrated by photo- 

 graphs. The nests were placed on the very topmost branches 

 of a huge cotton-wood tree. White Egrets and Florida 

 Cormorants nested in the same colony. 



53. Parrot on Birds from Slam and Borneo. 



[Ueber eine VogelsammlungausSiam und Borneo. Von Dr. C. Parrot. 

 Verh. Orn. Gesellsch. in Bayeru, viii. p. 97.] 



Dr. Parrot describes two collections in this paper, both 

 made by Dr. Karl Biiigel and sent to the Zoological Museum 

 of Munich — the one from Siam and the other from 

 Borneo. 



He has compared the specimens with examples in tl.e 

 Tring Museum. The Siamese birds are referred to 25 species 

 (or subspecies), of Avhich two are described as new — Athene 

 ciiculoides hruegeli and Coracias affinis theresue. Besides these,, 

 after an exhaustive discussion on Prutincola rubicola and its 

 affines, the author characterises the form from Japan as 

 a new subspecies under the name Pratincola rnbicuia 

 stejnegeri. 



The Bornean birds are referred to 19 species, mostly 

 common and well known. 



