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Recently published Ornithological Works. 
speciality, but we are told that it has also an excellent series 
of Bornean Birds, and that a catalogue of them lias been 
completed. We hope to he favoured with a copy of this 
Catalogue when printed. 
The most important acquisition of the Bird-collection 
during 1909 was a specimen of the rare Machcerirhamphus 
alcinuSj sent from Sungei Tengah by Mr. J. Dalton. 
52. ‘ The Oologist.’ 
[The Oologist: Birds, Nests, Eggs, Taxidermy. Vol. xxvi. Nos. 11,12. 
Albion, N.Y., U.S.A.] 
We occasionally receive copies of this periodical, which 
appears to be very popular in the U.S., and has reached its 
26th volume. There are said to be more than 700 sub¬ 
scribers to it. In the 11th No. is an account of a former 
nesting-colony of the Great Blue Heron in Illinois, now 
unfortunately deserted. It is nicely illustrated by photo¬ 
graphs. The nests were placed on the very topmost branches 
of a huge cotton-wood tree. White Egrets and Florida 
Cormorants nested in the same colony. 
53. Parrot on Birds from Siam and Borneo. 
[Ueber eine Vogelsammlung aus Siam und Borneo. Von Dr. C. Parrot. 
Verh. Orn. Gesellsch. in Bayern, viii. p. 97.] 
Dr. Parrot describes two collections in this paper, both 
made by Dr. Karl Biiigel and sent to the Zoological Museum 
of Munich—the one from Siam and the other from 
Borneo. 
He has compared the specimens with examples in tbe 
Tring Museum. The Siamese birds are referred to 25 species 
(or subspecies), of which two are described as new— Athene 
cuculoides bruegeli and Coracias affinis theresies. Besides these, 
after an exhaustive discussion on Pratincola rubicola and its 
affines, the author characterises the form from Japan as 
a new subspecies under the name Pratincola rubicola 
stejnegeri. 
The Bornean birds are referred to 19 species, mostly 
common and well known. 
