478 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



scribed iu 1875. Figures of the bones of both these species 

 are given iu the plates with which this volume is enriched. 



63. Mollendorff's Vertebrata of the Province of Chihli. 

 [Tlie Vertebrata of tlie Province of Oliihli, with Notes ou Chinese 



Zoological Nomenclature. J. North-China Branch R. As. Soc. 1877; 

 pp. 41-111.] 



The ornithological portion of this paper occupies part ii. 

 (pp. 76-102), and consists of an enumeration of Chinese 

 birds, compiled chiefly from the writings of Swinhoe and 

 Pere David. To some birds a note is given of their distri- 

 bution, and to many their names in Chinese are added. The 

 introduction contains a list of works on the natural history 

 of North China, both foreign and Chinese. 



64. Tschusi zu Schmidhofen' s 'Birds of Salzburg' 



[Die Vogel Salzburg. Eine Aufzahlung alle in diesem Lande bisher 

 beobachteten Arten, mit Bemerkungen uud Nachweisen liber ihr Vor- 

 kommen. 8vo, pp. 90. Salzburg : 1877.] 



This paper seems to be an amplification of the author^s 

 former articles on the same subject, published in the ' Zoolo- 

 gischer Garten ' for 1875-76, and is a handy guide to the 

 birds of the Salzburg district. 239 species are mentioned, 

 to the names of each of which certain useful references are 

 given, and a note appended mentioning when and where each 

 species has been found or may be looked for. 



65. Pelzeln on Birds from Ecuador. 



[Weitere Sendungen von Vogeln aus Ecuador. Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. 

 1878, pp. 15-20.] 



This paper consists of lists of two collections of bird-skins 

 recently received at the Vienna IMuseum. The first calls for 

 no special comment ; but in the second we notice the names 

 of several rare species, such as the Humming-birds Urochroa 

 bougueri, Urosticteruficrissa, and Boucieriainsectiv or a. This 

 collection also contained Cyanociita pulchra of Lawrence, and 

 a species of Chlorochrysa, which Hr. von Pelzeln here de- 

 scribes as new under the name of C sodiroi. It is com- 



