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large Corvine Bird in the Pleistocene deposits of Chatham 

 Island. These he referred to a Crow (Nature, xlvi. p. 252), 

 under the name Coj'vus moriorum. Dr. Forbes afterwards 

 elevated this species to generic rank as Falceocorax moriorum 

 (Bull. B. O. C. i. p. xxii), but Mr. Py craft is not at all sure 

 that the bird merits generic separation from Corvus. 



Robinson on the Eider. 



[The first Nesting of tlie rommon Eider in Ireland. By H. W. 

 Robinson, M.B.O.U. British Birds, vi. 1912, p. 106.] 



]\fr. Robinson states that the nest of the Common Eider 

 (Somateria moUissimd) was found by a friend of his on a 

 small island off the coast of Donegal (not Down as printed 

 in the journal). This is a considerable extension of its 

 breeding-range, as although it nests on the Nortli umber- 

 land coast and northwards, it is only known as a straggler 

 in Ireland. 



In a note appended to the paper, the Editor of ^British 

 Birds ■* regrets that the eggs of such a rare bird should have 

 been taken, and in this we very heartily concur. 



Rothschild and Hartert on Birds from New Guinea. 



[Preh'minary Descriptions of some New Birds from Central New 

 Guinea. By the Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D., and Dr. E. Hartert. 

 Nov. Zool. xviii. 1911, pp. 159-lGO.] 



From a collection made by Mr. A. S. Meek, who accom- 

 panied a Dutch expedition up the Eilanden River and on to 

 Mt. Goliath, the following birds are described as new : — 

 Paradigalla brevicauda, Cyclopsitla blythi meeki, Charmosyna 

 stellcs goliathina, and Falcinellus striatus atratus. 



Rothschild and Hartert on their Algerian Journeys. 



[Ornithological Explorations in Algeria. By the Hon. W. Rothschild, 

 Ph.D., and E. Hartert, Ph.D. Nov. Zool. xviii. 1912, pp. 456-550, 

 pis. ix-xi. & xv-xxvi.] 



In this most interesting memoir will be found a complete 

 account of the ornithological results of three visits to 

 Algeria made by the authors in the years 1908, 1909, and 



