Recently published Ornithological Works. 105 



5. Biittikofer on a new Pericrocotus. 



[On a new Species of Pericrocotus from Sumbawa. By J. Biittikofer. 

 Notes Leyden Mus. viii. p. 155.] 



The species is described and figured as P. lanshergii, from 

 Sumbawa. It belongs to the section of P. pereyrinus and 

 P. igneus. 



6. Dubois on Birds collected by Capt. Storms in the Tan- 

 ganyka District. 



[liiste des Oiseaux recueillis par M. le Capitaine Em. Storms dans la 

 region du Lac Tanganyka. (1882-1884.) Par M. Alpli. Dubois. Bull. 

 Mus. Roy. d'Hist. Nat. de Belgique, iv. (1886).] 



This is a nominal list of 205 species, of which specimens 

 are contained in the collection made by Captain Storms. 

 Dr. Hartlaub has described the new species {v. inf. p. 109). 



7. Ferrari-Perez on Mexican Birds. 



[Catalogue of Animals collected by tbe Geograpbical and Exploring 

 Commission of the Republic of Mexico. By Fernando Ferrari-Perez, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 125.] 



It will be news to most of our readers that the Mexican 

 Government has appointed a Geographical and Exploring 

 Commission. Such, however, seems to have been the case 

 as long ago as 1877, when a Commission was constituted, 

 consisting of a Director (Mr. Agustin Dias, C.E.) and four 

 engineers as assistants. The original object of this body was 

 to prepare a general map of the Republic ; but astronomical, 

 geodetic, and toj)Ographical branches were subsequently 

 added, and for this purpose the strength of the Commission 

 was increased to fifty members. Finally, a natural history 

 division, of which the first object was to investigate the 

 geology of the country, was appended. The first collections 

 of natural history formed by the natural history division 

 were shipped to New York in 1884, in order to have the 

 objects determined and exhibited in the Exposition at New 

 Orleans. These first collections were lost in transit by the 

 burning of the vessel in which they were placed. Much to 



