Recently published Ornithological Works. 457 



7. A specimen of Poliohierax insignis, Wald. The Norwich 

 Museum has lately obtained a female of this species from 

 Western Siam, in which all the underparts, except the lower 

 surface of the remiges and rectrices, are of an entirely pure 

 white. This is the only specimen I have examined in which 

 the underparts were wholly immaculate^ with the exception 

 of the wing and tail quill-feathers ; and I therefore think it 

 worthy of record. 



XXXVI. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 344.] 



53. Adamson's ' Scraps about Birds.' 



[Some more Scraps about Birds. By Charles Murray Adamson. 8vo. 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne : 1880-81.] 



IVTr. Adamson's ' Scraps ' consist of a kind of irregular 

 catalogue of the birds in his collection " with the dates of 

 capture, and some observations on the different species, their 

 peculiarities and habits." He tells us that nearly all these 

 birds have been set up by himself from specimens which he 

 had recently killed. The volume is illustrated by numerous 

 lithographs of rough but spirited sketches made by the 

 author, " mostly at the time the birds were procured," and 

 will be appreciated by many British ornithologists. 



54. Barboza du Bocage on West-African Birds. 



[Avez das possessoes portugezas d' Africa occidental. Por J. V. Bar- 

 boza du Bocage. Vigesima segunda lista. Jom. Sc. Math, Phys. e Nat. 

 Lisboa: 1882.] 



Prof. Barboza du Bocage's twenty-second list of birds of 

 the Portuguese possessions in Western Africa comprehends 36 

 species collected by Sr. Anchieta in Benguela during a 

 short visit in that province. Three are new to the dis- 

 trict, namely Toccus monteiri, Aedon paena, and Saxicola 

 schlegeh. 



