110 Recently publis/u'd Ornithological Works. 



Neai' San Juan del Sur, " a beautiful harbour surrounded 

 by low mountains/^ where the banks of a stream and dense 

 marshy forest aiford good colleeting-places, examples of 70 

 species were obtained, of which 47 are stated to be recorded 

 for the first time in Nicaragua. At Sucuya, a hacienda on 

 the Lake of Nicaragua^ four miles north of Rivas, examples 

 of 88 species were procured, 49 of which are marked as new 

 to the Nicaraguan avifauna. A nice note is given on the 

 '^ dance" of Chiroxiphia linearis. The fertile island of Ome- 

 tepe is the home of only 50 species, although numerically 

 birds are abundant. The apparently entire absence of 

 Turdidse, Tanagiidae, Dendrocolaptidse, Formicariidse, and 

 Rhamphastidai is noticeable. At Los Sabalos, about 30 

 miles down the river San Juan del Norte, examples of 80 

 species were obtained, of which six are described as new, 

 namely, Geothlypis bairdi, Oryzoborus salvini, O. nuttingi, 

 Contopus depressirostris, Cymbilanius lineatus fasciatus (subsp. 

 nov.), and Porzana leucogaster. Besides these Mr. Ridgway 

 describes GraUaria intermedia, from Costa Rica, in a footnote. 



28. Przetvalski's Journey in Tibet. 



[Reisen in Tibet unci am oberen Lauf des Gelben Flussesin den Jahren 

 1879 bis 1880, von N. von Prschewalsld. Aus dem Russischen frei in 

 das Deutscbe iibertragen und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Stelu- 

 Nordheim. Jena, 1884. 1 vol. 8vo. 282 pp.] 



We were lately complaining that no English account of 

 the great traveller Przewalski's third journey into Northern 

 Tibet had been published. We have now, however, an ex- 

 cellent German translation of the Russian original before us, 

 which will render his exploits more familiar to western 

 readers. Przewalski is, as well known, an excellent field- 

 observer and collector, and very well acquainted with Asiatic 

 birds. His account of the Ornithology of Northern Tibet 

 has been already given to our readers (Ibis, 1884, p. 242). 

 But there are several passages in the present volume, such 

 as those on the bird -life of the Dsungarian Desert (p. 23), 

 of the Nan-sehan mountains (p. 73), and of Lake Kokonor 

 (p. 199), which are worthy of attention; and many new 



