Bulletin 119

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Vol. 119, 1999

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Eames, J C, Le Trong Trai & Nguyen Cu. A new species of laughingthrush (Passeriformes: Garrulacinae) from the Western Highlands of Vietnam. 4
Morales-Pérez, J E. Additional bird records from Oaxaca, mexico. 16
Hazevoet, C J. Notes on birds from the Cape Verde Islands in the collection of the Centro de Zoologia. Lisbon, with comments on taxonomy and distribution. 25
Mlíkovský, J. Note on the osteology and taxonomic position of African Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus (Aves: Accipitirdae) 32
Kirwan, G M & Sharpe, C J. Range extensions and notes on the status of little-known species from Venezuela. 38
Gosler, A G. A comment on the validity of the British Great Tit Parus major newtoni 47
Clark, W S. Plumage differences and taxonomic status of three similar Circaetus snake-eagles. 56
Parkes, K C & Phillips, A R. A new subspecies of the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe. 59
Lecroy, M & Peckover, W S. Plumages of the Red-collared Honeyeater Myzomela rosenbergii longirostris from Goodenough Island, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea. 62
Parkes, K C. On the status of the Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia in the Yucatan Peninsula 65
Hazevoet, C J, Monteiro, L R & Ratcliffe, N. Rediscovery of the Cape Verde Cane Warbler Acrpcephalus brevipennis on São Nicolau in February 1998. 68
Garrido, O H, Townsend Peterson, A & Komar, O. Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) complex, with the description of a new subspecies from Puerto Rico. 80
Ashmole, N P, Ashmole, M J & Bourne, W R P. Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii on St Helena. 91
Dowsett, R J, Aspinwall, D R & Leonard, P M. Further addtions to the avifauna of Zambia. 94
Reis, K R & Kennedy, R S. Review of montane bird species from Mindanao, Philippines: Part 1 – Black and cinnamon Fantail, Rhipidura nigrocinnamomonea 103
Navarro-Sigüenza, A G & Townsend Peterson, A. Comments on the taxonomy of the genus Cynanthus (Swainson), with a restricted type locality for C. doubledayi 109
Stiles, F G, Rosselli, L & Bohórquez, C I. New and noteworthy records of birds from the middle Magdalena valley of Colombia. 113
Massa, B. New and less known birds from Libya. 129
Dos Anjos, L & Schuchmann, K-L. Notes on the reproductive behaviour and the nest of the Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis). 133
Boles, W E. Comments on the sternal morphology of Australasian pigeons. 144
Herroelen, P, Louette, & Adams, M. A reassessment of the subspecies in the owl Glaucidium tephronotum, with notes on its biology. 151
Herzog, S K, Fjeldså, J, Kessler, M & Balderrama, J A. Ornithological surveys in the Cordillera Cocapata, depto. Cochabamba, Bolivia, a transition zone between humid and dry intermontane Andean habitats. 162
Frith, C B & Frith, D W. Subspeciation in the Australiaendemic Great Bowerbird Clamydera nuchalis (Ptilonorhynchidae): a review and revision. 177
Violani, C G & Barbagli, F. Mirafra erythrocephala Salvadori & Giglioli, 1885, an older name for Mirafra assamica marionae Baker, 1915. 189
Bourne, W R P. The past status of the herons in Britain. 192
Weller, A.-A. On types of trochilids in The Natural History Museum, Tring II. Re-evaluation of Erythronota (?) elegans Gould 1860: a presumed extinct species in the genus Chlorostilbon. 197
Kirwan, G M, Martuscelli, P, Silveira, L F & Williams, R S R. Recent records of the Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomolus in south-east Brazil. 202
Quinn, J L & Kokorev, Y. A westward extension to the known breeding range of Sabine’s Gull Larus sabini in Siberia. 206
Whitney, B M & Pacheco, J F. The valid name of the Blue-winged Parrotlet and designation of the lectotype of Psittaculus xanthopterygius Spix, 1824. 211
LeCroy, M. Type specimens of new forms of Lonchura. 214
Hilty, S L. Three bird species new to Venezuela and notes on the behaviour and distribution of other poorly known species. 220
Whittaker, A & Oren, D C. Important ornithological records from the Rio Juruá, western Amazonia, including twelve additions to the Brazilian avifauna. 235
Buden, D W. The birds of Sapwuahfik Atoll, with first record of the Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, from the Federated States of Micronesia 261
De Lima, F C T. A range extension for the Caatinga Black-tyrant, Knipolegus franciscanus (Tyrannidae), a reare Brazilian endemic. 270