112 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



18. Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society's Trans- 

 actions. 



[Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society's Transactions, vol. iv. pt. ii. 

 Norwich: 1886.] 



This Partj recently issued, is peculiarly rich in papers 

 bearing upon ornithology. The interesting Address by the 

 late President, Major H. W. Feilden, with its skilful treat- 

 ment of the distribution of Arctic species, is followed by 

 " An Account of the Nesting of the Crossbill in Suffolk/' by 

 Mr. F. Norgate; "A Visit to a Colony of various species of 

 Herons on the Danube/' by Mr. J. Young ; '' Remarks on a 

 female Redstart assuming the plumage of the male/' by 

 Mr. J. H. Guruey, jun.; ''Ornithological Notes at Cley/' 

 by Messrs. G. E. and F. D. Power; " A Visit to the Isles of 

 Scilly during the Nesting Season/' by Mr. E. Bidwell ; '' The 

 Habits and Plumage of the Manx Shearwater, as observed 

 on the Island of Eigg, in the Inner Hebrides," by Rev. H. A. 

 Macpherson; "Notes on the Fulmar Petrel in Confinement/' 

 by Mr. G. Smith ; and " Notes on a Female Honey-Buzzard/' 

 by Mr, J. H. Gurney. Last, and most important, is Section 

 I. of "The List of Norfolk Birds," by Messrs. J. II. Gurney, 

 jun., and T. Southwell, in which 145 species are noticed, 

 commencing with the Accipitres and ending with the Gallinse, 

 the arrangement followed being that of the fourth edition of 

 Yarrell. This forms a valuable supplement to the portions of 

 Stevenson's ' Birds of Norfolk/ which were published sixteen 

 years ago. 



19. Oustalet on a new Tetraophasis. 



fDescription de quelques Oiseaux nouveaux de la Chine et du Thibet. 

 Par M. E. Oustalet. Le Naturaliste ,1886.] 



Notwithstanding the title, only one species is actually 

 described as new, although allusions are made to rare and 

 interesting birds, such as Sibia desgodinsi, described by 

 M. Oustalet in 1877, and others, sent from Yer-ka-lo, on 

 the Me-kong, by the Abbe Desgodins. In the new species, 

 Tetraophasis desgodinsi, the plumage of the male diflfers from 



