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that B. sharpii , of which the typical specimen is in the 
British Museum, is merely a slight variety of a young male 
B. fistulator. 
11. Elliot on the Species of Rheinardtius. 
[Remarks on the Species of the Genus Rheinardtius. B} r D. G. Elliot, 
l).Sc., F.R.S.E., &c. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser, 8, vol. iv. p. 242 (1909).] 
Mr. Elliot has lately examined the famous tail-feather in 
the Paris Museum upon which the name Rheinardtius ocellatus 
was established, and has compared it with specimens of the 
long tail-feathers of the birds from Annam which are usually 
called by that name. Mr. Elliot doubts whether this identi¬ 
fication is correct, because he rinds certain differences (which 
are carefully pointed out) between the typical feather and the 
corresponding feather of the form from Annam. Mr. Elliot, 
however, has omitted to mention that a “ subspecies” of the 
Annamese bird has lately been found in Pahang, far down 
the Malay Peninsula, and described under the nam e R.ocellatus 
nigrescens by Mr. Rothschild (Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 55, 
1902). It is possible, therefore, that the original tail-feather 
may belong to this “subspecies”—at any rate, the comparison 
should be made. 
12. Grinnell on Three new Song-Sparrows. 
[Three new Song-Sparrows from California. By Joseph Grinnell. 
Univ. of Cal. Zool. Publ. vol. v. no. 9.] 
Mr. Grinnell is preparing a revision of the Western Song- 
Sparrows ( Melospiza ), of which he recognises “ seventeen 
distinct races.” Three of these are now described as 
M. metodia maxillaris , M. m. goaldi (revived name), and 
M. m. saltonis . 
13. Giinnell on Birds from Alaska. 
[Birds and Mammals of the 1907 Alexander Expedition to South¬ 
eastern Alaska. Univ. of Cal. Zool. Publ. vol. iii. no. 2.—Birds by 
Joseph Grinnell.] 
The “Alexander Expedition ” of 1907 appears to have been 
“got up,” equipped, and “led” by a lady—Miss Annie M. 
