Ornithohgical Literature of 1870. 433 



with the Abyssinian Expedition. And a second appendix con- 

 tains supplemental remarks on the birds collected by Mr. Jesse. 

 These were suggested by von Heuglin^s ' Ornithology of North- 

 east Africa/ now publishing, and Mr. Blanford's ' Geology and 

 Zoology of Abyssinia.^ . A list is given of the birds obtained by 

 the latter naturalist not included in Mr. Jesse's series. There 

 are also some critical remarks on the determination of some of 

 the species mentioned in Mr. Blanford's book. Plates of the 

 following four birds accompany this paper, viz. Caprimulgus 

 inornatus, Lanius fallax, Coraphites melanavchen, and Larus 

 hemprichii. There is also a map showing Mr. Jesse's route and 

 collecting-stations. 

 FiNscH, Dr. 0., und Haktlaub, Dr. G. 



\.Die Vogel Ost-Afrika's. Leipzig u. Heidelberg, 1870. 1 vol. 

 8vo, pp. 898, tabb. 11. 



This highly elaborate ornithological work forms the fourth 

 volume of Baron C. C. v. d. Decken's * Reisen in Ost-Afrika,' 

 published by the mother of the unfortunate traveller as a memo- 

 rial of her son. It contains a complete treatise on the birds of 

 Eastern Africa, from Cape Guardafui to Southern Mozambique. 

 The species which have been met with within these limits are 

 457 in number, of each of which full synonymy, an accurate 

 diagnosis, and abundant general details are given. Many notes 

 and observations about allied species are intercalated. Ery- 

 thropus amurensis, Gurney, is renamed Falco raddei (p. 74). 

 New species described are Caprimulgus inornatus (p. 120), Hi- 

 rundo domicella (p. 143), Drymoica elegans et D. lais (p. 237), 

 D. rufilata (p. 238), Saxicola frenata et S. heuglini (p. 258-9), 

 Anthus crenatus (p. 275), Muscicapa cinereola (p. 302), Erythro- 

 cercus livingstonei (p. 303), Lanius hemileucurus (p. 329), Tele- 

 phonus remiyialis (p. 340), Laniarius sticturus (p. 342), L. 

 salima (p. 349), Sycobrotus kersteni (p. 404), Turtur damarensis 

 (p. 550), and Numida cornuta (p. 569). A new genus, Dryo- 

 dramas, is instituted (p. 239) for Sylvia fulvicapilla, Vieill., and 

 its allies ; and another, Nicator (p. 360) for Lanius chloins, Val. 

 { = Laniarius peli, Bp.), and Nicator gularis, sp. n. ; and the 

 term Defilippia of Salvadori is proposed to be altered into 

 Limnetes (p. 640). Eleven plates illustrate the following species 



