462 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



65. Gray on rare Scottish Birds. 



[On the Occurrence of the Night Heron in Clackmannanshire and the 

 American Night Heron in Ayrshire. By Robert Gray, F.R.S.E, Proc. 

 Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1880.] 



Mr. Gray records the occurrence of a specimen of the 

 Night-heron {Nycticorax griseus) in May 1879, near Alloa, 

 in Clackmannanshire, and of a specimen believed to be 

 referable to the American Night-heron [Nyctocorax gardeni) 

 " about three years ago/' near Kilmarnock, in Ayrshire. 



66. Gray on the Pintail Duck in the Outer Hebrides. 



[Note on the Occurrence of the Pintail Duck in the Outer Hebrides. 

 By Robert Gray, F.R.S.E. Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb., 1880.] 



Mr. Gray notes the occurrence of a flock of the Pintail {Dafila 

 acuta) in North Uist " with some satisfaction,'^ as in his 

 previous researches he had only ascertained one instance of 

 its having been obtained, in these islands. 



67. Holub und Pelzeln's ' Ornithologie Sudafrikas.' 



[Beitrage zur Ornithologie Sudafrikas. Mit besonderer Beriicksichti- 

 gung der von Dr. Holub auf seinen siidaf rikanischen Reisen gesammelten 

 und ini Pavilion des Amatem-s zu Wien ausgestellten Arten. Von Dr. 

 Emil Holub und Aug. von Pelzeln. Royal 8vo. Wien : 1882.] 



This volume gives an account of Dr. Holub's collections 

 and extensive observations in South- African ornithology. 

 Among the rarer species obtained were Falco dickersoni and 

 Drymoeca holubi, sp. nov., tab. i., both from Eastern Bamang- 

 watoland ; Lanius pyrrhostictus, sp. nov., tab. ii. (Transvaal), 

 and Lamprocolius sycobius, tab. iii. (Central Transvaal). 

 Many pretty wooflcuts of nests and other details are given ; 

 and the whole forms a valuable contribution to our know- 

 ledge of the South-African avifauna. 



68. Holub on the Ornis of South Africa. 



[Ueber die Vogelwelt Siidafrikas. Vortrag gehalten im griinen Saale 

 der k. k. Akademie der "Wissenschaften im ornithologischen Vereine am 

 11. November 1881, von Dr. Holub. Mitth. d. Ornith. Yereiues in 

 Wien, 1882, no. 1.] 



An address on the leading features of the South-African 



