1920.] Hfcenthj jmbUshed OrrnthologictiJ IVnrks. 945 



. Ornitliology, cspeciully as tlicy have nothinji; to do with 

 the Palsearctic Fauna. 



Finally, we should like to draw the attention of our 

 readers to the life-histories and the notes on the nests and 

 egfjs which f'oi-in an im[)ortant feature of Dr. Hartert's 

 work^ though fr('(|uently overlooked. I'he Viig. pal. Fauna 

 is so generally used lor identification, distribution, and 

 correct nomenclature that these notes, necessarily much 

 condensed, are often neglected ; like tlie rest of the work 

 tliey are most careful U^ compiled and authoritative. 



We look forward to the early completion of tliis most 

 valuable work. 



Kuroda on new Japanese Birds. 



[Descriptions of five new forms of Japaness Pheasants. By Naganiiclii 

 Kuroda. Dobnls. Zas<Iii (The Zoolo^^ical Maf^azine), Tokio, xxxi. 1919, 

 pp. .'!09-312.] 



[Descriptions of three new birds from the sonlhern Ishiuds of Japan. 

 Id., ibid. pp. 231-233.J 



The first of these papers by our foreign member Mr. 

 Kuroda contains, in Japanese, a review of the Pheasants 

 found in Jnpan ; attached to this in English are descriptions 

 of Phasianus versicolor robustipes from the island of Sado 

 and the north-western parts of Hondo, P. v. kinsiueads from 

 the southern islaml of Kiusiu, and P. v. tanensis from the 

 island of Tanegashima ; P. scemmerinyi subrvfas from the 

 warmer district of the Pacific side of Hondo, and P. s. inter- 

 medium from the island Shikoku. 



In the second paper are described^ in Japanese and 

 English, Halcyon miyakoensis from the Loochoo Islands, a 

 very distinct form ; Parus varius sunsumpi from Tanega- 

 shima, one of the southern islands of Kiusiu, and P. v. 

 yakushinienyis from Yakushima, also one of the southern 

 islands of Kiusiu. 



McGregor'.^ list of the Genera of Birds. 



[Index to the Genera of Birds. By Richard C. McGre;^or. Pp. 1-185. 

 Mauilia (Bureau of Printing), 1920, 8vo.] 



In this useful and labtn-ious compilation Mr. McGregor 



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