366 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



59. Boeck on the Birds of Cochabainba. 



[Ornis des Thales von Cochabamba in Bolivia und der niichsten Um- 

 gebung. Von Prof. Eugen von Boeck. Mit Anmerkungen von Prof. 

 Dr. Willi. Blasius. Mitth. d. ornithol. Vereines in Wien, 1884, Nr. 

 7, 11.] 



The valley of Cochabamba lies among the Andes of Bolivia, 

 at a height of 7000-8000 feet above the sea-level. After 

 a prefatory account of its physical features and vegetation. 

 Prof. V. Boeck gives a list of its native birds, with remarks 

 upon them. The system adopted is that of the somewhat 

 antiquated ' Fauna Peruana ' of Tschudi, being the only one 

 available to the author in his remote and isolated home. 

 About 110 species are included in the list. Phytotoma 

 angustirostris is a " very common and destructive bird " to 

 the growing plants, which it nips ofB as they spring up. Its 

 native name is " Coque/^ because its mouth is green, like 

 that of a coca-eating Indian. The splendid Humming-bird, 

 Cometes phaon, is found in the valley, and also up to the 

 height of 9000 feet in the surrounding Andes. Rhea ameri- 

 cana, we are told, occurs in the Cordillera of Tacora, near 

 Tacna. Can this be correct ? 



60. Dresser's Monograph of the Bee-eaters. 



[A Monograph of the Meropidse, or Family of the Bee-eaters. By II. 

 E. Dresser, FX.S. Part V. Small folio. London : 1886.] 



IVTr. Dresser's fifth number brings his monograph of the 

 Bee-eaters to a successful conclusion. The whole family, as 

 here arranged, contains 31 species divided into five genera. 

 Every species is well figured by Keulemans, and the letter- 

 press contains a summary of all that can be gathered to- 

 gether concerning a set of birds which are not generally very 

 well known. 



The fifth number contains figures of the following 

 species : — 



Nyctiornis amictus, jr. Melittophagus bullocki. 



Merops vu-idis. boleslavskii. 



muscatensis. revoili. 



Melittophagus gularis-, jr, 



