Recently published Ornithological Works. 109 



We are informed that the publishers have determined to 

 brin^ this great work to a termination after a few more 

 numbers. This is much to be regretted, as only about 325 

 species will have been figured out of an avifauna known 

 already to contain at least 1000 species. 



11. Hartlaub on new African Birds. 



[Description de trois nouvelles especes d'Oiseaux rapportees des environs 

 du Lac Tangauyka (Afrique Centrale) pair le Capitaine Em. Storms. Par 

 le Dr. G. Hartlaub, de Breme. Bull. Mus. Roy. d'Hist. Nat. de Belgique, 

 vol. iv., 1886.] 



The new species are named Turdus stonnsi, Ploceus duboisi, 

 and Lagonosticta nitidula. All three are figured. Dr. Hart- 

 laub adds a note on a specimen of Monticola brevipes. 



12. Huet on Additions to the Jar din des Plantes. 



[Note sur les naissances, dons et acquisitions de la Menagerie du Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle pendant les mois de Mai, Juin, Juillet et Aout 1886, 

 et de Janvier, Fevi'ier, Mars et Avril 188G. Par M. Huet. Bull. Soc. 

 Nat. d'Acclim. France, 1886.] 



jVE. Huet states that in 1885 hybrids were produced be- 

 tween a male Phasianus 7-eevesi and a female Ph. torquatus, 

 and that in 1886 the said hybrids bred inter se. The Silver 

 Pheasant and a Euplocamus, apparently E. leucomelanus , have 

 also interbred; and so have Oi Euplocamus and a Jungle-cock. 

 Some interesting notes upon a Lyre-bird [Menura superba) 

 are also given ; but the other arrivals call for no particular 

 remarks. 



13. Littleboy on the Birds of Hertfordshire. 



[Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire duringatlie Year 1885. By 

 John E. Littleboy. Trans. Ilertf. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. iv. p. 53.] 



Mr, Littleboy, an active local ornithologist, read his 

 annual report for 1885, at Watford, in April last. No 

 species new to the lists are known to have occurred in Herts 

 in that year, but some additions are recorded from examples 

 preserved in the collection of Mr. A. Holland Hibbert of 



