480 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



7'icola, for the species usuall}'^ placed in Heliomaster ; and the 

 name Jache is substituted for the previously used Circe, and 

 Callipharus for Clotho of Mulsant, Of species all seem to 

 have been previously described ; but a name, rubrigularis, is 

 suggested for a Petasoj)hora which may prove to be a distinct 

 species. As regards references, Mr. Elliot has given all those 

 bearing upon classification very completely ; but students 

 wishing to consult authorities on the distribution of species 

 must, to a very great extent, examine other works. 



92. Newton on moot Points in Ornithological Nomenclature. 



[Ou some moot Points iu Ornithological Nomenclatiu'e. By Alfred 

 Newton, M.A., F.R.S., &c. From the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History,' August 1879.] 



This is a reply to Sclater's article iu our last number {ant eh, 

 p. 346), and, for the convenience of those interested in the 

 discussion, would have been better addressed to this Journal. 

 It is not our wish to continue the controversy further ; but as 

 regards Thomas Forster's " second catalogue, ^^ referred to by 

 Professor Newton, we may remark that there is no evidence 

 of its date, and that it may have been issued several years 

 after the first, in which case the name Bubo ignavus would 

 lose its assumed precedence. No doubt Sclater made an 

 error in overlooking this addition to Forster's tract ; but it 

 may be observed that the " second catalogue " is not to be 

 found in several copies of this obscure work that we have 

 consulted, and that, although the paging is continued through, 

 the " first catalogue " is terminated by a " finis,^' and is, so 

 far as one can tell, quite complete without the second. 



93. Salvadori on Birds from Sumatra. 



[Catalogo di una Collezione di Uccelli fatta nella parte oecidentale di 

 Sumatra dal Prof. Odoardo Beccari e descritta da Tommaso Salvadori. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xiv. p. 1G9.] 



Prof. Beccari, during his recent botanical expedition to 

 Sumatra, in June 1878 and the three following months, made 



