374 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



by Dr. R. Blasius, J. Rohweder, R. Tancr^, and A, Walter, 

 all names well known in connection with German orni- 

 thology. Thirty-four observers in nine different parts of the 

 Empire have contributed their observations, which have been 

 worked up together by the reporters, and arranged in syste- 

 matic order. They relate to 216 different species. The most 

 noticeable general results are summarized in some intro- 

 ductory remarks. 



73. Schaloiv's Essay on the Touracoos. 



[Die MusopliagidiB. Monograpliische Studien vou Herman Schalow. 

 J. f. O. 1886, p. 1.] 



The Berlin Museum contains examples of all the twenty- 

 five known members of the family Musophagidae, and most 

 of the recently discovered species have been made known to 

 us by the enterprise of German explorers. It was therefore 

 quite proper that the task of a revision of this interesting 

 Ethiopian group should be undertaken by a German orni- 

 thologist. Schlegel and Westerman's huge Monograph of 

 1860 is the last published general work on the subject. 



After some preliminary observations Mr. Schalow gives a 

 resume of former views as to the position of the family in 

 the system, and a list of the principal publications on the 

 subject. In his key to the genera, after separating Musophaga, 

 which is at once distinguished by the peculiar form of the 

 bill, the remaining Touracoos are separated into five genera, 

 Corythaix, Gallirex, Corythceola, Schizorhis, and Gymno- 

 schizorhis, the last mentioned being a new genus distinguished 

 from Schizorhis by its face being bared of feathers. The 

 species are then taken in systematic order one after the 

 other, and all particulars as to their form, colour, synonymy, 

 range, and habits are succinctly stated. A list is given 

 under each species of the specimens in the Berlin Museum, 

 with exact localities. The heads of five species are repre- 

 sented in a coloured plate. Altogether we consider this 

 an excellent and very useful piece of work. 



