314 Recently imhl'ished Ornithological Works. 



This species is^ I believe, only known by the single type 

 specimen, which I have not been able to examine. Its 

 measurements agree well with the small race of C. leucotis, 

 which T have proposed to distinguish as C. I. affi/iis. Should 

 its characters prove to be due only to a partial albinism, the 

 name C. leucocephalus, Reichen., will take the place by 

 priority of my C. I. affinis. 



XXXII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 234.] 



85. Cory's 'Birds of San Domingo' (completion). 



[The Birds of tlaiti and San Doniing-o. By Charles B. Cory, F.L.S. 

 Part IV. (completing the work). Boston : Estes and Lauriat.] 



We congratulate Mr. Cory on the successful accomplish- 

 ment of his meritorious work. It is a most useful volume, 

 and deserves great commendation. Mr. Cory has not only 

 much increased our knowledge of the peculiar avifauna of 

 San Domingo, but has likewise brought together a resume of 

 previous authorities on the subject, and made his work a 

 complete monograph. We can only regret that he has not 

 given us a little longer essay by way of introduction. Thirty- 

 two species are stated to be peculiar to the San-Domingan 

 avifauna. The following six genera are, we believe, so far as 

 is known, restricted to this island : — Microligea, Dulus, Phoe- 

 nicophilus, Calyptophilus, Loximitris, and Temnotrogon. But 

 there is a second Dulus {D. nuchulis) known to science, of 

 which the exact habitat has not yet been ascertained. 



Mr. Cory has finished San Domingo. But there are many 

 other islands in the Antilles that require similar treatment 

 (ormthologically), and will well reward the researches of 

 Mr. Cory and his collectors. 



86. Dresser's Monograph of the Bee-eaters. 



[A Monograph of the Meropidff, or Family of the Bee-eaters. By H, 

 E. Dresser, F.L.S. Part IV. Small folio. London : 1H84.] 



