Recently published Ornithological Works. 451 



144. Schaloiv on the Birds of Mark Brayidenburg. 



[Zur Ornis der Mark Brandenburg. Ein dritter Beitrag. Von Herman 

 Schalow. Zeitscbr. f. d. ges. Orn. 1885, pp. 1-44.] 



This is tlie third paper which Herr Schalow has published 

 upon the subject, the two former having appeared in the 

 'Journal fur Ornithologie ^ for the years 1876 and 1881 

 respectively. The number of species observed has increased 

 during the past nine years from 259 to 267. Any British 

 ornithologist who is desirous of investigating the avifauna of 

 the district between the Elbe and the Oder will find that, 

 in addition to other information, this contribution affords him 

 an excellent opportunity of acquiring at least so much of 

 the little-known Wendish language as relates to birds. 



145. Schiavuzzi on Northern Birds in the Adriatic. 



[Sulla comparsa di specie nordicbe nella regione Adrialica settentrionale. 

 Zeitscbr. f. d. ges. Orn. 1884, pp. 93-103.] 



An important addition to our knowledge of the visits of 

 northern species to that little-known arm of tbe IMediter- 

 ranean, the Gulf of Adria. We gather from an announce- 

 ment in the above-named journal that Dr. Schiavuzzi 

 published in 1883 an account of all the birds of the Trieste 

 district, but we have not yet seen a copy of this memoir. 



146. Stejneger on Lanius robustus. 



[Eemarlis on Lanius rohushis (Baird), based upon an examination of 

 tbe Type Specimen. By Leonbard Stejneger. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbilad. 

 1885, p. 91.] 



IVIr. Stejneger has re-examined the Shrike in the JMuseum 

 of the Philadelphian Academy, which Cassin identified with 

 Swainson^s Lanius elegans, and Baird subsequently named 

 Collurio ludovicianus , var. robustus. There is no proof what- 

 ever of this specimen having been, as was supposed, ob- 

 taiaed in California. As Prof. Baird has already stated, it 

 is " quite diff'erent from any recognized American species •/' 

 and Mr. Stejneger is of opinion that it agrees most nearly 

 with Lanius algeriensis, L. fallax, and L. uncinatus. Lanius 

 robustus may be therefore excluded from the American list. 



