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last three months making collections on the ' Admiralty- 

 Islands/ 



" Mr. Gregory Mathews' work on the f Birds of Australia ' 

 has progressed considerably, the 2nd volume being complete 

 and the 3rd well advanced. 



" Henderson Island in the Southern Pacific, visited by 

 Sir John Murray's expedition, has yielded some interesting 

 new species. 



" In America Mr. A. C. Bent has published a most useful 

 account of his exploration of the Aleutian Islands. 



" ' Michigan Bird-Life,' by Mr. W. B. Barrows, is another 

 important contribution both for the ornithologist and the 

 bird-lover. 



Cl Panama and the ' Canal Zone ' have yielded a rich 

 harvest of new forms described by Mr. E. W. Nelson. 



" Count Berlepscb/s Revision of the ' Tanagers ' in the 

 Report of the Fifth Ornithological Congress is a most 

 important work and was much needed. 



" The large work by Lord Brabourne and Mr. C. Chubb 

 on the birds of South America has begun to appear ; the 

 first volume certainly gives much promise, but it seems a 

 great pity that the authors should have treated the subject 

 on a binomial basis, as they intend to adopt the more exact 

 modern method in the subsequent volumes, thus tending to 

 confuse younger students. 



"Mr. Claude Grant has published an interesting account 

 of the habits &c. of South American birds met with in 

 Argentina and the adjacent countries. 



" The American Museum, the Carnegie Institute, and 

 other American scientific institutions have continued the 

 ornithological exploration of South America ; while the 

 Munich Museum and Count Seilern are also engaged on 

 the same work, and a large number of new species and 

 subspecies have been described. 



" Herr Hellmayr has been very active in several branches 

 of our science, and the number of writers on bird-subjects 

 in all countries seems to be increasing. 



