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witli which not so very long ago it was constantly con- 

 founded, and also on account of the difference in its note 

 and habits. As usual, the author devotes much space to 

 the two questions of the birds' special "^ territories '■* and 

 their emotional behavioui' — here particularly to the latter. 

 He institutes a close comparison betrtcen the Marsh- and 

 the Reed-Warbler, showing tliat the latter is much more 

 emotional, of a much more active habit, and an exceptionally 

 fine mimic. We ought to be grateful to Mr. Howard for 

 giving us such an insight into the ways of a species still 

 none too well understood, coupled with admirable pictures 

 of the male and female in various attitudes by Mr. Gron- 

 vold, figures of the nest in different positions, and maps to 

 show the approximate dates of arrival as compared with 

 that of the Reed- Warbler. Equally good coloured plates 

 are given of the Garden- War bier, Marsh-Warbler, and 

 Subalpine Warbler — in the first case accompanied by the 

 young. 



Ingram on the Birds of Yunnan. 



[The Birds of Yunnan. Bv Colliugwood Ingram. Nov. Zool, xix. 

 1912, pp. 269-310.] 



Yunnan is one of the largest and least-known provinces 

 of the Chinese Empire, and, until recently, was quite unsafe 

 for Europeans. But one of Mr. Alan Owston's Japanese 

 collectors has managed to make a collection of birds there, 

 which, after passing through Mr. Ingram's hands, came to 

 the Tring Museum, and forms the basis of this paper. 



Mr. Ingram has carefully studied the accounts of all the 

 previous collections made in Yunnan by Anderson, Wingate 

 (see 'Ibis,' 1900, p. 573), Oustalet, and others, and has 

 compiled a complete list of the species recorded by previous 

 authorities. It is lengthy, containing the names of 353 

 species, but it will have to be considerably increased, we 

 expect, when the country has been more thoroughly worked 

 out. 



One new subspecies is named Eudynamis orient alis harterti. 



