Recently published Ornithological Works. 475 



XLVIII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



(Continued from p. 363.) 



78. Gunther on a Land-Rail from Aldabra Island. 



[On the Occurrence of a Land-Rail {Rallus) in the Island of Aldabra. 

 By Dr. A. Giinther, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 5, vol. iii. p. 164.] 



Two specimens of Rails obtained on Aldabra Island by 

 Capt. Wharton are here described. In colour and general 

 dimensions they do not differ from Rallus gularis of Mada- 

 gascar, but the wings and tarsi are much shorter in the Al- 

 dabra bird ; and from this fact the author calls the bird Rallus 

 gularis, var. aldabrana. 



79. Berlepsch on new American Birds. 



[Eine neue Gattung und neue Arten aus Siidamerika. Von Hans Graf 

 V. Berlepsch. Ornith. Centralb. 1879, p. 63.] 



In this short article Graf v. Berlepsch gives the characters 

 of a new genus of Tanagers — CaUithraupis for Pyranga cy- 

 anictera, Vieillot — and describes as new species Basileuterus 

 cabanisi from Venezuela, Pachyrhamphus intermedins from 

 Venezuela, and Panychlora inexpectata from Bogota. We 

 may remark that Bonaparte has already made a generic name 

 for Callithraujns, having called this little-known bird Cyan- 

 icterus venustus (Consp. i. p. 240, 1850) . 



80. Hartlaub on rare Birds of the Bremen Museum. 



[Ueber einige seltene Vogel der Bremen Samnilung. Von Dr. G. Hart- 

 laub. Cab. J. f. O. 1879, p. 187.] 



Gives notices and descriptions of Coccycolius iris, Oustalet 

 (Bull. Ass. Sc. France, 1878, p. 158), Loxioides bailloni (scr. 

 bailieui), Oust., and Strix uustaleti, Hartl. (P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 295), of which examples have been lately acquired by the 

 Bremen collection. 



81. Harvie-Broivn on the Caper caillie in Scotland. 



[The Capercaillie in Scotland. By J. A. Harvie Brown. Edinburgh : 

 1879. Pp. 155.] 



Some time ago JMr. Harvie Brown commenced an inquiry 



