128 Aves. XVII. 
Malimbus cqssini, M. coronatus and 
M. malimbicus, structure, habits and 
nest, Bates Ibis 1909 pp. 39-42. — 
M. gracilirostris sp. n. Awakubi, W. 
Africa, Reich enow J. Omith. 57 
p. 108. 
[Sycobrotus] Ploceus bicolor , habits, 
nests and eggs. Bates Ibis 1909 p. 42. 
[Phormoplecles] Ploceus dorsomacu- 
latus, habits, nests and eggs, Bates 
Ibis 1909 p. 43. 
Othyphantes batesi , description of 
hitherto unknown male. Bates Bull. 
Brit. Omith. Cl. 25 p. 41. 
[ Heterhyphantes ] Ploceus niqricollis, 
habits, nets and eggs, Bates Ibis 1909 
p. 43. 
Melanopteryx nigerima, habits, nest 
and eggs, Bates Ibis 1909 p. 46. 
[Hyphantornis'] Ploceus cucullatus, 
habits nest and eggs, Bates Ibis 1909 
p. 44. — H. spilonotus, nesting in cap- 
tivity, Holden Avicult. Mag. 1 1909 
p. 33. 
Ploceus baya, nesting habits, Dewar 
Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 pp. 627- 
634. 
Amblyospiza saturata, nest and eggs, 
Bates Ibis 1909 p. 48. 
ICTEItIDAE. 
Dolichonyx oryzivorus, near Detroit, 
in winter, Wood Auk 26 p. 192. 
Tangavius aeneus involucralus, first 
record in Arizona, Visher Auk 26 
p. 307. 
Molothrus ater artemisiae subsp. n., 
Nevada, and the genetic relationships 
of the North American forms of the 
genus, Grinnell Berkeley Univ. Cal. 
Pub. Zool. 5 pp. 275-281 figs. 1-6. 
Agelaius phoeniceus fortis, in 
Louisiana, Howell Auk 26 p. 192. — 
A. gubernator calif ornicus, nesting in 
California, Mailliard Condor lip. 127. 
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus , a 
study of a breeding colony, and an 
account of their destruction by an 
unknown natural agency, Roberts 
Auk 26 pp. 371-389 pis. 5-16. 
Sturnella magna, status near Port- 
land, Me., Norton Auk 26 p. 307 ; 
Aves. [1909] 
breeding in Maine, Eckstorm t.c. 
p. 430. 
Icterus giraudi, introduction as a 
cage bird, Gurney and Butler Avi- 
cult. Mag 7 p. 196. 
Holoquiscalus orquillensis sp. n. Or- 
quilla. West Indies, Cory Field Mus. 
Publ. Ornith. 1 p. 227. 
Sturnidae. 
Sturnus vulgaris, unusual nesting 
sites, Ticehurst Brit. Birds 3 p. 118 
2 text figures ; its utility and harm- 
fulness, Boas Kjobenliavn Haven 9 
Pi 89 ; Rohne t.c. p. 133 ; Albinismus, 
Etzel Zool. Beob. 50 p. 25 ; near 
Springfield, Mass., Morris Auk 26 
p. 306 ; nesting at Princeton N.J., 
Horsfall t.c. p. 430. — S. vulgaris 
purpurascens, first occurrence in Egypt, 
Nicoll Ibis 1909 p. 480. — S. balcanicus 
sp. n., Walachei, Buturlin & Harms 
Ornith. Monatsber. 17 p. 56. 
Pastor roseus, breeding in Hungary, 
Schenk Aquila 16 p. 294 and Potf. 
Termt. Kozl. 41 pp. 111-114; in Sud- 
ungarn, Lintia Delmagy. Termt. Fuz. 
33 pp. 198-199 ; Zug im Jahro 1908, 
Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen Falco 5 
pp. 8-12 ; neu fur Vorarlborg, Bau, 
Ornith. Jahrb. 20 pp. 150-151 ; in 
Finnland, Levander Ornith. Monats- 
ber. 17 pp. 5-6 ; in Finland, Brand er 
F. Jakttidn. Helsingfors 3 pp. 337 
374 ; im Gouv. Charkov, Averin 
Shorn, stud. Kruz. Hub. prir. Chark. 
Univ. 1 pp. 70-71. 
Eulabetidae. 
Lamprocolius s'plendidus glaucovirens 
and L. pur pur deeps, habits nest and 
eggs, Bates Ibis 1909 p. 38. 
Spreo torquatus sp. n., Kamerun, 
Reichenow Ornith. Monatsber. 17 
p. 140. 
Oriolidae. 
Oriolus oriolus, life history in France, 
Gromier Rev. Fr. d’Orn. 1 pp. 66-72 ; 
O. galbula, habits in France, Duffaut 
Toulouse Bui. soc. hist. nat. 41 1908 
p. 68. 
Dicruridae. 
Dicrurus balicassius mindorensis 
subsp n., Halcon mt., Mindoro, Philip- 
