118 Recently published Ornithological Works . 



28. Stejneger on the British Marsh Tit. 



[The Britisli Marsh Tit. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1886, p. 200.] 



Dr. Stejneger maintains that the British Marsh Tit is 

 quite as distinct from the true P. palustris of Northern 

 Europe as the so-called Pants britannicus is from P. ater, 

 and proposes to make it a new subspecies, Pans palnstris 

 dresseri. It is '^ much darker'^ in colour : " the brown of 

 the back more olive ; the rump clearer and lighter bnffish 

 brown ; flanks much browner ; tail shorter."^ Similarly he 

 would call the Cole Tit of Great Britain Parus ater britan- 

 nicus. 



29. TaczanowskV s ' Ornithologie du Perou' 



[Ornithologie du Perou, par Ladislas Taczanowski. Tables. 8vo. 

 Eennes : 1886. Pp. 218.] 



]VT. Taczanowski^s " Tables " greatly add to the value of 

 his ' Ornithologie du Perou.' The volume contains, first a 

 set of keys for the determination of the various genera and 

 species, and secondly an alphabetical index to the three 

 former volumes. We congratulate IM. Taczanowski on the 

 final completion of a laborious and most useful work. 



30. Vorderman on the Birds of Western Java. 



[Bijdrage tot de Kennis van de Avifauna der Preanger Regentschappen 

 Langs de Wijnkoopersbaai (West-JaTa). Door A. G. Vorderman. 

 Natuurk. Tijdschr. v. Nederl. Indie, Dl. xlvi. Afl. 1.] 



In June 1885, INIr. Vorderman paid a visit to the districts 

 of Pelaboean and Djaraperry Koelon, on the west coast of 

 Java. After a short preliminary dissertation, in which 

 Rubigida dispar, Ixidia squamata, Brachypodius melano- 

 cephalus, and Philentoma velatum are mentioned as character- 

 istic forms of this district, a list is given of the 86 species 

 met with. ]\Iany remarks and observations are added. 



31. Wells on the Birds of Grenada. 



[A List of the Birds of Grenada, West Indies. By John Grant Wells. 

 8vo. Grenada, W.I. : 188G.] 



IVIr. Wells has made 39 additions to the 54 species of birds 



