214 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



38. Salvadori on new and rare Birds from the Suuyhir 

 Islands. 



[Descrizione di tre nuove specie di Uccelli e note intorno ad altre poco 

 couosciute delle isole Saiigliir. Atti R, Ace. Sc. Tor. xiii. pp. 1181-1189. 



The three species described in this paper are Dicruropsis 

 axillaris, allied to D. leucops, Wall., Macropygia sanghi- 

 rensis, allied to M. albicapilla, and Ardetta melcena. The rest 

 of the paper treats of Pitta caruleitorques and P. sanghirana, 

 Oriolus formosus, and an undetermined species of Eudynamis. 



39. Salvado7'i's Prodromus of Papuan Ornithology. 

 [Prodromus Ornitliologise Papuasias et Moluccarum. VI. Picarias. 



Fam. Ouculidse. Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. pp. 456-4G3.] 



Thirty-six species of Cuculidse are included in the Papuan 

 subregion, whereof twenty-five are represented in the collec- 

 tions of Beccari, D'Albertis, and Bruijn. In this paper Prof. 

 Salvadori proposes two new generic names — Ramphomantis, 

 with R. megarhynchus (Gr. R. Gray) as its type, and Micro- 

 dynamis, type M. parva (Salvad.). He also describes the 

 following new species — -Cacomantis ceruginosus, Lampro- 

 coccyx pceciluroides , and L. crassirostris. 



40. Boucard on Guatemalan Birds. 



[Liste des Oiseaux recoltes au Guatemala en 1877. Par A. Boucard, 

 Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 1878.] 



Mons. Boucard spent the month of June 1877 in Guate- 

 mala, during which time, with the help of his friends, he 

 obtained 273 species of birds. He tells us that this collec- 

 tion was formed in the departments of Guatemala, Escuintla, 

 Amatitlan, Sacatipeques, Quezaltenango, and Vera Paz, but, 

 unfortunately, seldom informs us exactly where any one species 

 was found. Short notes are appended to the name of each 

 bird, containing vague remarks as to Avhether the species 

 is an inhabitant of the hot or cold country, &c. ; but they 

 are so full of inaccurate and erroneous statements that it 

 is obvious that they are not the result of M. Boucard^s 

 personal observations ; and such being the case, they are, in 

 our opinion, quite valueless. Some of the names in the list 



