Recently published Ornithological Works. 375 



74. Sclater on the Coerebidcs, Tanagridce, and Icteridce. 



[Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection 

 of the British Museum. Fringilliformes : Part II., containing the Families 

 Coerebidse, Tanagridas, and Icteridfe. B3' Philip Lutley Sclater. London : 

 1886. 431 pp., 18 coloured plates.] 



The eleveutli volume of the British Museum Catalogue of 

 Birds is devoted to the Coerebidse, Tanagridse, and Icteridae. 



The species of Coerebidse recognized are 70. Of these 63 

 are represented in the Collection by 672 specimens, 15 of 

 which are types. Thus only 7 species of Coerebidse have no 

 rejjrescntatives in the National Collection. 



The Tanagridse are a much more numerous family, no less 

 than 377 species being acknowledged as valid in the present 

 volume. Only 20 of this number have no representatives in 

 the Collection. The remaining 357 are very fully represented 

 by 3413 specimens, of which 74 are actual types or typical 

 specimens. 



Of the remaining family, Icteridse, the number of valid 

 species accepted in the present work is 128. Of these 3 

 only are unrepresented in the National series, while the 

 remaining 125 species are well represented by a fine series 

 of 1409 specimens, amongst which are 12 types of species. 



Putting the three families together, it will be found that 

 the total number of species treated of in the present volume 

 is 575, represented in the British Museum Collection by 

 5494 specimens, referable to 545 species, leaving only 30 

 species deficient to the Collection, whilst the series of speci- 

 mens are in most cases very extensive, and serve admirably 

 to show the geographical distribution of each species. 



The subjoined list may be useful, as showing the progress 



made with this important work : — 



Species 



