352 Recently published Ornithological Works, 



II. ASIONID.^. 



a. Aures operculo prseditge. 



a', cornuti 1. Asionince. 



b'. non-cornuti 2. SymiincB. 



h. Auriiim operculo nullo. 



c'. cornuti 3. Buhonincp. 



d, non-cornuti 



a", digiti plus minusve nudi 4. Athenince. 



b". digiti pluniis deusis obsiti 5. Kycteince. 



XXXII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 (Continued from p. 220.) 



48. Barboza du Socage' s ' Melanges Ornithologiques.' 



[Melanges Ornithologiques. Par J. V. Barboza du Bocage. Nos. iv. 

 and V. Jorn. Scien. Matb. Pbys. e Nat. Lisboa, nos. xxiii. xxiv. 1878.] 



The following new Angolan species are described in 

 pt. iv.: — Nectarinia anchietre, Hylypsornis salvadorii {v. Ibis, 

 1879, p. 115), Parus rufiventris, Lanius souzce, and Nilaus 

 affinis. In pt. v. : — Nectarinia oustaleti, Hirundo rufigula, 

 Platisteira mentalis, Muscicapa [Butalis) finschi, Tricholais 

 pulchra, Sharpia angolensis, and Penthetria hartlaubi. Sharpia 

 is a new genus of Weaver-birds (Ploceidse), allied to Hyphan- 

 tornis and Sycobius. 



49. Barboza du Bocage on West-African Birds. 



[Ayes das possessoes portuguezas d' Africa occidental. Par J. V. 

 Barboza du Bocage. Listas xvi. xvii. Jorn. Scien. Math. Ph. e Nat. 

 Lisb. nos. xxiii. xxiv. 1878.] 



Prof. Barboza du Bocage^s sixteenth article on the Birds 

 of the Portuguese territory in West Africa gives us the names 

 of and notes upon fifty-two species obtained at Caconda by 

 Sr. Anchieta in September, October, and November 1877. 

 Five of these are new to the fauna of Angola. An appendix 

 contains the names of seventy-six species represented in a 

 subsequent collection made by the same indefatigable collector 

 in December 1877 and in the first two months of 1878. 



The seventeenth article gives the result of an examina- 

 tion of the collections made by Sr. Anchieta in the months 



