Recently published Ornithological Works. 107 



as the coast; and the result is that Dr. Fischer has given us 

 a catalogue of no less than 46 species^ many of them of great 

 interest, owing to this extension in their previously known 

 range. Such, for instance, are E^-ithacus rubecula, Turdus 

 pilaris, T. musicus, T. merula, Anthus aquaticus*, and A. ar- 

 bor eus, none of which have hitherto, we believe, been found 

 in Greenland or Iceland, and certainly not in Spitsbergen. 

 The Great Northern Diver is said to breed on Jan Mayen, in 

 which there are two large freshwater lagoons ; but it would 

 be interesting to know whether the bird obtained was the true 

 Colymbus glacialis, or the presumably circumpolar C. adamsi. 

 The remarks on the variation in the dimensions of Briinnich^s 

 Guillemot would carry more weight if the plate given in 

 illustration did not seem to indicate that one of the supposed 

 Guillemots was really a young Razorbill ! No very rare 

 waders or sea-birds appear to breed on Jan May en, and even 

 Pagophila eburnea and Xema sabinii are only known as 

 visitors. On the whole this is a paper of unusual interest. 



9. Godman and Salvin's ' Biologia Centrali- Americana' 



[Biologia Centrali-Ainericana ; or, Contributions to the Knowledge of 

 the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by F. 

 DuCane Godman and Osbert Sal vin. (Zoology.) Parts XXXV.-LI. 4to. 

 London : 1885-86. Publislied for the Editors by R. H. Porter, 

 10 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W.] 



Considerable progress has been made with this important 

 work since we gave our last notice of it (Ibis, 1885, p. 227), 

 seventeen more Parts having been issued. Of these the 

 sheets and plates relating to the Birds are contained 

 in numbers xliii., xlvi., xlviii., 1., and li. The letterpress 

 (pp. 345-416) continues the history of the numerous Frin- 

 gillidse of Central America down to Spiza, a term which has 

 lately been revived to supersede Euspiza. 



Hcemophila lawrencii is a new name for H. ruficauda, Lawr., 



* [We do not think that the author's Anthus aquaticus is the Water 

 Pipit, A. spipohtta, Linn., nor can we determine from the description and 

 references whether the species obtained was A. obscurus or A. ludovici- 

 anus ; the latter has occurred in Greenland. — Edd.] 



