398 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



Modern authors have separated these nineteen species into no 

 less than sixteen genera ; Professor Schlegel retains them in one. 

 Of these two courses we should prefer the latter, as being more 

 convenient than the former ; but, as is usual in such matters, it 

 may be most appropriately said here. Medio tutissimus ibis 1 To 

 Ibis Professor Schlegel annexes Scopus ; but says nothing of Tan- 

 talus, which, of the two, is perhaps more nearly allied to Ibis. 



Under the head " Pelecani " Professor Schlegel includes 

 " Fregata, Graculus, Plotus, Pelecanus, Sula, and Pkaethon," 

 w^hich, as he observes, form a very natural group, commonly 

 called the Pelecanidce. Similarly, Professor SchlegeFs term Pro- 

 cellaria includes all the members of the family Procellariida as 

 usually received ; and his Lari, the Gulls [Larus) and the Skuas 

 [Stercorarius). 



We have now also received the continuation of the new Journal 

 of the Royal Zoological Society, Natura Artis Magistra, of 

 Amsterdam, up to Nos. 10-12, which complete the first volume. 

 It contains several ornithological papers of great interest. 



Professor Schlegel describes (p. 74) a new Hornbill [Buceros 

 pulchrirostris) from Elmina, on the Gold Coast of Africa, appa- 

 rently closely allied to Toccus camurus of Cassin, but smaller. 

 We may take this opportunity of remarking that we have re- 

 cently compared Professor Schlegel's figure and description of 

 Buceros nagtglasii with the type of Mr. Gould's Tocchus hart- 

 laubii, now in the British Museum, and that there is no doubt 

 that our surmises as to the probable identity of these two birds 

 (expressed in * Ibis,' 1863, p. 359) are correct. 



Professor Schlegel also describes and figures (p. 123) a new 

 Falcon {Falco boschii), from the Gold Coast, nearly allied to 

 Hypotriorchis severus of the East Indies. The excellence of Pro- 

 fessor Schlegel's drawing enables us to recognize in this bird, 

 without any difficulty, the Falco cuvierii, Smith (S. Afr. Journ. 

 i. p. 392). The only specimen of this apparently rare species 

 we ever met with was amongst some birds from the South 

 African Museum, Cape Town, forwarded to us for examination 

 by Mr. E. L. Layard. 



A little later we have Professor Schlegel's descriptions of two 



