264 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



the synonymy of every bird mentioned are given, and on the 

 habits of such species as fell under the observation of the 

 Marchese di Doria or Signer Beccari. 



The total number of Bornean birds recorded is 392 ; but, be- 

 sides these, a number of others are inserted in their places which 

 may reasonably be supposed to exist in the island, but which 

 have not as yet been actually observed. Considering the com- 

 paratively small extent of this large island which has been 

 explored, and also its undoubted connexion with the rich 

 Indo-]Malayan region, and the variety of its physical con- 

 ditions, a considerable addition to the birds of Borneo may 

 some day be reasonably looked for. Count Salvadori^s work 

 brings the large increase of at least 100 species to what 

 was previously recorded, and will doubtless tend to further 

 very materially the study of Bornean birds. Even since it 

 was published we have a remarkable addition in the singular 

 Pheasant recently described by Mr. Sharpe as Lobiophasis 

 bulweri, a figure of it being included in Mr. Gould's recently 

 published part of his ' Birds of Asia.' Mr. Sharpe has also 

 recorded a few additions in a paper on a Bornean collection of 

 birds read before a recent meeting of the Zoological Society. 



Count Salvadori describes several new species in his work, 

 besides making some alterations in nomenclature. Thus we 

 have Jyngipicus fusco-albidus proposed (p. 42) for Picus varie- 

 yatus, Wagler ; Capi'imulgus borneensis, Wall., MS., is de- 

 scribed for the first time (p. 117) ; Dicceum nigrimentum is a 

 new species (p. 165), as are also Orthotomus borneoensis (p. 247) 

 and Prinia siiperciliaris (p. 249). The following generic 

 names are also introduced: — Callolophus tor Picus puniceus, 

 Horsf., P. mentalis, Temm., and P. malaccensis, Lath. ; Arach- 

 nophila for Nectarinia simplex, Miill. ; Tricholestes for Bra- 

 chypodius criniger, Blyth; Cyanoderma for Timelia erythro- 

 ptera, Blyth, and Myiothera melanothorax , Temm.; and Ortho- 

 rhamphus for (Edicnemus magnirostris, Geoflfr. 



Six (including frontispiece) plates of rather unequal exe- 

 cution illustrate the following eight species : — Pityriasis gyni- 

 nocephala, Chotorea mystacophonus, Pei'icrocotus ardens, Pitta 

 hertce, Setariapectoralis , Jyngipicus auranteiventris, Tricholestes 



