Recently published Ornitholoyical Works. 463 



avifauna made by Dr. Holub to the Oruithologists' Union 

 of Vienna. 



69. Johnston on the Natural History of Mossdmedes. 



[Report on the Natural History of Mossamedea and District, and of 

 South-western Africa generally ; with reference to the proposed Expedi- 

 tion of the Earl of Mayo. Prepared, at his Lordship's request, by Mr. 

 II. H. Johnston. 8vo. London : 1882.] 



In anticipation o£ the expedition of the Earl of Mayo to 

 South- Western Africa (on which he has now started) Mr. 

 Johnston, who accompanied him, has prepared the report 

 now before us. We trust it may be found useful ; but as 

 regards the birds at least, we cannot say that the " list of 

 the more remarkable species " is altogether accurate. 



70. Lawrence on Birds from Yucatan. 



[Description of a new Species of Swift, of the Genus Chcetura, with 

 Notes on two othei; little-known Birds. By George N. Lawrence. Ann. 

 Acad. Sc. New York, ii. p. 245.] 



Chaetura gaumeri, sp. nov., from Yucatan (allied to Lh. 

 vauxi), was discovered by Mr. Gaumer, who has spent three 

 years in that country and made large collections. Mr. Law- 

 rence describes the female of Pyranga roseigularis, and adds a 

 note on the validity of Centurus rubriventris, from examples 

 likewise procured by Mr. Gaumer, whose first series has 

 been purchased by the University of Kansas. 



71. Lorenz on the Skeletons o/Stringops and Nestor. 



[Ueber die Skelete von Stringops habroiJtihis uud Nestornotabilis, Von 

 Dr. Ludwig. Sitz.-Ber. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, 1881, p. 624.] 



Herr Lorenz describes the skeletons of Stringops habropti- 

 lus and Nestor notabilis from specimens lately acquired by 

 the Imperial Cabinet of Vienna, and figures the whole skele- 

 ton of the former, and some of the moi'e characteristic bones 

 of both. 



73. M' Vean on the Ornithology of Yedo. 



[Notes on the Ornothology of Yedo. By Colin A. M'Vean. Proc. 

 Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1877.] 



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