452 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



147. Stejneger on a new Sparrow. 



[^Passer saturatus, a new Species of Tree-Sparrow from the Liu-kiu 

 Islands, Japan. By Leouhard Stejneger. Pi-oc. U.S. National Mus. 

 1885, p. 19.] 



Mr. Stejneger describes as Passer saturatus an insular 

 form of P. montanus from the Liu-kiu (or Loochoo) Islands, 

 "North Pacific. 



148. Taczanoivski on Abnormal Moults. 



[Notice sur la Mue anormale de certains Oiseaux. Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, 1884, p. 303.] 



This notice was elicited by a paper by Baron d'Hamon- 

 ville in a former number of the above journal, respecting 

 the simultaneous shedding of the flight-feathers in the male 

 o{ Anas boscas. M. Taczanowski states that not only was 

 this supposed novelty well known to most sportsmen, but also 

 that it has been observed in many other members of the 

 Anatidse, and also in the male of Tetrao tetrix. 



149. Tail on Portuguese Birds. 



[As Aves en rortugal. By W. Tait. Revista Soc. d. Instruc9ao do 

 Porto, vol. iii. pp. 459, 519, vol. iv. p. 80.] 



This is the excellent beginning of a work which will pro- 

 bably never be finished in the language of the country in 

 which it was commenced. The Editors of the Eeview for 

 which the series of articles was undertaken by our corre- 

 spondent do not seem to have appreciated his work, and have 

 delayed their issue so long as to have exhausted his patience. 

 Mr. Tait has therefore decided to publish his notes on the 

 Birds of Portugal in English, and in the pages of this .Journal. 

 Our gain will be the loss of Portugal — a pity, it is true ; for 

 there is certainly no list of birds so good, as far as it goes, 

 in the language of her larger neighbour, Spain, 



150. Zeledon on the Birds of Costa Rica. 



[Catalogue of the Birds of Costa Ilica, indicating those Species of which 

 the United States National Museum possesses Specimens from that 



