1920.] Recently pxiblished Ornithological Works. 805 



of Fiilica am^ricana. He still considers it a close ally of 

 Notornis, and emphasizes the great want of pneumaticity 

 in tlie bones, common to other marsh birds. The com- 

 parison shows great similarity in the skeletons of the two 

 birds, though there are considerable differences in the 

 cranium ; wliile the bones of Fulica are naturally much 

 more delicate. 



On the whole the differences are distinctly generic, as 

 might have been expected. 



The Porphyrio has now been found in four of the 

 Philippine islands. 



Tori. 



[' Tori.' The Aves. Bulletin of the Ornithological Society of Japan. 

 Vol. ii. no. 8, 1919.] 



[On the mio-ration of some Waders at the mouth of the Rokugo River. 

 By Nagamichi Kuroda. Published by the Ornithological Society of 

 Japan, 1919.] 



The last part of the publication of the Japanese Orni- 

 thological Society, which we have received through the 

 kindness of Mr. N. Kuroda, has, we are glad to say, 

 a translation of the title and contents, so that it is possible 

 for those not conversant with Japanese to know at least 

 what is to be found within its pages. 



The frontispiece is the reproduction of a photograph of a 

 flock of waterfowl on the outer moat of the Imperial Palace 

 in Tokio, and the first paper, by Mr. T. Momiyama, deals 

 with some specimens of birds from Saghalin Island in the 

 Sepporo Museum. 



Messrs. Y. Kuroda and J. Miyakoda give the dates of the 

 migration of the commoner birds in the vicinity of Seoul in 

 Corea, and Mr. Kawaguchi writes on the sexual distinctions 

 of the Himalayan Cuckoo and illustrates his remarks with 

 some figures. By far the longest paper is the last— by 

 Messrs. T. Momiyama and M. Nomura— entitled "Notes on 

 some birds fiom Iruma-gun in the Prefecture of Saitana/' 

 It deals with 138 species, and is illustrated by a map and a 

 good many small photo-blocks. 



With the part, the contents of which are noted above, 



SER. XI. VOL. II. jf 



