Recently published 07'nithological Works. 339 



rocks into the boiling current, and issued from it on the 

 opposite side of the stream with as much apparent ease as if 

 their course had been through a pool of stagnant water. The 

 facility with which, upon emerging from the river, they 

 scrambled up the smooth-worn surface of the rounded stones 

 was also marvellous. The natives told us they accomplished 

 this by the aid of hooks with which their wings are provided, 

 somewhat similar, I snj)pose, to the spurs on the wings of 

 the Horned Plover and the Crested Screamer." 



47. Crowley's ' Catalogue of Birds' Eggs' 



[Catalogue of Birds' Eggs in the Collection of Philip Crowley. (Pri- 

 vately printed.) Oct. 1883.] 



Mr. Crowley's catalogue contains merely the names of the 

 species arranged according to Gray^s ' Hand-list.' His series 

 is of considerable extent and includes, we believe. Canon Tris- 

 tram's collection. 



48. Fischer and Reichenow on new Birds from Masai-land. 



[Neue Vogelarten aus deni Massailand (Inneres Ostafiika) entdeckt von 

 Dr. G. A. Fischer wiihrend der im Auftrage der Geographischen Gesell- 

 schaft in Hamburg unternommenen Reise in das Innere der aquatorialen 

 Ostafrikas, beschriebeu von Dr. G. A. Fischer und Dr. Ant. Ileichenow. 

 Journ. f. Oru., Jan. 1884.]] 



This paper, an advance-copy of which has been kindly lent 

 to us by Mr. Sliarpe, contains short descriptions of the 

 novelties obtained by Dr. Fischer during his recently accom- 

 plished excursion round the skirts of Kilima-ndjaro into the 

 Masai country, to which we have already alluded (Ibis, 1883, 

 p. 583, and 1884, p. 124). Twenty species are characterized 

 as new, namely, Corythaix hartlaubi (a remarkable species, 

 with the style of colour of Gallirex porphyreolophus) , Cotile 

 rufigula, Dioptornis (gen. nov. ex fam. Muscicapidarum) 

 fischeri, Alseonax murina, Chloropeta massaica, Notauges 

 fischeri, Euplectes friederichseni, Nigrita cabanisi, Passer 

 rufocinctus, Coraphites leucopareia, Megalophojius massaicus, 

 Zosterops eurycricotus, Drepanorhynchus reichenowii (gen. et 



