Recently published Ornithological Works. 327 



we notice an interesting article by Mr. E. Hopkinson, 

 spread over all four numbers, on the ' Birds of the Gambia/ 

 where the writer has been officially employed for a good 

 many years. There is also a short article on the breeding 

 of the Striated Coly in captivity, by Mr. A. C. Young, who 

 believes that this is the first time in which it has been 

 successfully attempted. The November number contains a 

 frontispiece, a handsome coloured plate of Urocissa occipitalis^ 

 drawn from a living example in the Zoalogical Gardens by 

 Mr. Goodchild. 



Messager Ornithologique. 

 [Messager Ornithologique. Troisieme annee 1912, nos. 2-4, Moscow.] 



This Russian OrnithologicalJournal^ which has only been 

 recently established, is under the editorship of Mr. G. J. 

 Poliakow and appears four times a year. As the articles 

 are entirely written in Russian, it is difficult to say much 

 about the contents, but the titles of the various articles 

 are translated, which enables one to see that most of the 

 papers deal with Palsearctic birds. There is a long article 

 on the "Ornithology of Turkestan/' by Mr. N. A. Sarudny,, 

 in which new subspecies of Urinator and Cerchneis are 

 described, and the same author collaborates with Mr. Bike- 

 witsch in a discussion of the races of Parus bokharensis. 

 Prof. Suschkin discusses some new facts in regard to the 

 geographical distribution of birds in the Altai Mountains, 

 and finally the editor, Mr, Poliakow, writes a long account, 

 separately paged, of his visits to the lakes Saissan-nor and 

 Marka-kul in western Siberia ; this last is illustrated by a 

 number of photographs of the country traversed. No 

 student of Palaearciic birds can neglect to refer to this 

 Journal. 



Revue Frangaise d' Ornithologies 



[Revue Fran^aise d'Ornitliologie, Scie: 

 iris, 1910-1912.] 



The establishment of a new Ornithological Journal in 



[Revue Fran^aise d'Ornitliologie, Scientifique et Pratique. Two vols. 

 Paris, 1910-1912.] 



