376 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Species 



Species in Speci- 



known. B. M. mens. 



Brought forward 2911 2403 10,100 



VIII. 1883. iCidiWrpha3,pt V.J fj^^j^gQ^^^^^ 4q2 337 2944 



( and Certhiomorpute. | 



IX. 1884. Cinuvriomorpbte. Hans Gadow. 355 291 2450 



X. 1885. Fringilliformes. R. B. Sharpe. 448 396 4590 



XI. 1886. Fringilliformes. P. L. Sclater. 575 545 5494 



4691 3972 31,578 

 Assuming the number of known species of Birds to be 

 about lljOOO, and the same ratio of species to a volume to be 

 maintained J it will require at least 15 more volumes to com- 

 plete the work. Of these Mr. Sharpe is, we believe, hard at 

 work at two (vols. xii. and xiii.) to contain the Fringillidse, 

 Ploceidse, Sturnidse, and Alaudidae. Sclater has undertaken 

 another volume (Tyrannidse and Cotingidae) . 



75. Shufeldt on the Skeleton of Geococcyx. 



[The Skeleton in Geococcyx. By R. \V. Shufeldt. Journ. Anat. & 

 Phys. 1886, p. 244, pis. vii.-ix.] 



Dr. Shufeldt describes the skeleton of Geococcyx cali- 

 fornianus in his usual thorough and accurate style, and illus- 

 trates its various bones in three excellently drawn plates. 

 We hear with concern that this fine species is now becoming 

 rare in localities where it was formerly abundant, owing to 

 the great demand on the part of collectors for the " Road- 

 runner.^^ 



7Q. Vorderman on the Birds of Mount Salak. 



[Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Avifauna van den Berg Salak (West- 

 Java) door A. G. Vorderman. Natuurk. Tijdschr. v. Nederl. lud. Deel xlv. 

 Afl. 3.] 



Mount Salak is one of the extinct volcanoes of Western 

 Java, which attains a height of some 6700 feet, Mr. Vor- 

 derman^s researches have made him acquainted Math 151 

 species of birds inhabiting this mountain at various elevations. 

 Of these he gives us a list with many remarks. One species, 

 Brachypteryx salaccensis, is described as new. The sj)ecies 

 met with in the highest zone were the rare Scolopax saturata, 

 Psaltria exilis, ^thopyga eximia, Garrulax rufifrons, and 

 Ptilopus porphyreus. 



