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genera, are now included under one generic terra, Onycho- 

 (jnathus. Whether Hypocolius, however, should be placed 

 among the Sturnidae is, we think, a little doubtful. Capt. 

 Shelley does not give us any reasons for giving this position 

 to what is an anomalous form, although it is certainly a true 

 Passerine bird and has nothing to do with Colius. 



Crows are not so plentiful in the Ethiopian fauna as 

 Starlings. The author admits only nine species, of which 

 the most remarkable are the two 'bare-headed Picathartte of 

 "West Africa. 



Seven well-drawn plates illustrate this volume, and 

 represent the following species: — Oriolus crassirustris, 

 Cinnyricinclus femoralis, Cosmopsarus unicolor, Lamprocolius 

 splendidus, L. enpreicaudus, L. purpureiceps, L. melanogaster, 

 Spreo shelleyi, Onychoynathus blythi, Poeoptera stuhlmanni, 

 and P. kenricki. 



98. Stone on Birds from Lower California. 



[On a Collection of Birds and Mammals from the Colorado Delta, 

 Lower California. By Witmer Stone. With Field-Notes by Samuel 

 N. Rhoads. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1905, pp. 672-090.] 



Mr. Rhoads's trip in the delta of the Colorado River was 

 made early in 1905, and resulted in a collection of birds and 

 mammals, which are described in Mr. Stone's paper. The 

 258 specimens of birds are referred to 49 species, besides 

 which about 50 others were observed by Mr. Rhoads, who 

 contributes a certain number of field-notes. Pipilo aberti, 

 Phainopepla nitens, and Auriparus flaviceps are amongst the 

 rarer species in the list. 



99. Stone on Birds from British East Africa. 



[On a Collection of Birds from British East Africa obtained by 

 Mr. George L. Harrison, Jr. Id. t. c. pp. 755-782.] 



This is an account of a collection of birds made by 

 Mr. Harrison in British East Africa in 1904, and deposited 

 in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences in 

 Philadelphia. The collection was made by Mr. Harrison 

 and his taxidermist at Nairobi, Fort Hall, Naivasha, on the 



