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the identification, where necessary. Short field-notes by 

 Mr. Robinson are added. The species catalogued are mostly 

 well-known forms of the Malay Peninsula, but a new Bulbul 

 is described as Pycnonotus robinsoni, and several little-known 

 species are further elucidated. 



Iu his "introductory note/' Mr. Robinson points out that 

 the avifauna of the Patani States is on the whole more Bur- 

 mese than Malayan, while the affinities of the high mountain- 

 fauna are puzzling, both Bornean and Sumatran forms being 

 represented, though the latter are predominant. 



129. Raspail on the Birds of Gouvieux, Northern France. 



[Une Station Ornithologique dans l'Oise. Nouvelles observations sur 

 les oiseaux ayant niche dans le perimetre du Territoire de Gouvieux, 

 suivies de la liste des oiseaux qui j sont regulierenient ou accidentellement 

 de passage. Par Xavier Raspail. Mern. Soc. Zool. France, xviii. p. 82 

 (1905).] 



The author has studied the birds of the territory of Gou- 

 vieux, in the Canton of Creil, bordered on one side by the 

 River Oise, for the past twenty years, and now presents us 

 with a summary of his results in an article of 170 pages. 

 After describing the locality and the varied nature of the 

 scenery, which comprises a mixture of cultivated land, woods, 

 meadows, and marshes, he gives a list of the 103 species of 

 birds which he has found nesting within the district, and 

 his observations upon them. They are mostly those that 

 would be found in one of the southern counties of England, 

 but there are some differences. Motacilla alba typica is the 

 common and abundant form at Gouvieux, but M. a. yarrelli 

 is also found occasionally, and has been ascertained to breed 

 there. The Oriole is a regular summer visitant, arriving 

 early in May. The Crested Lark is common. The author 

 maintains the specific difference of the larger Sparrow- 

 Hawk (Accipiter major) and figures its eggs. The Black 

 Redstart (Ruticilla tilhys) has been found nesting every 

 year since 1905, but was not previously known in the 

 district. 



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