452 Recently published Ormtfwlogical Works. 



sucli a separation of the Carinate Birds; but it is not easily 

 carried out. Where are the Caprhnulyida to l)e lodged ? and 

 what is to become of the Steganojjodes ? Doubtless one of 

 these days sueh difficulties may be got over; but that happy 

 time seems as yet far off, and for the present we are content 

 to prefer the " anatomical " (which we trust we sliall offend 

 none by declaring to be the true " zoological ") method to the 

 so-called ''physiological/' In the hope that this notice may 

 meet the eye of Signor Savi, though our pages seem to have 

 been unknown to his father, we may suggest his inserting in 

 page 435, line 20, the words " Savi's Warbler " — that being 

 the name given by British ornithologists to one of their most 

 valued treasures, to the history of which they have contributed 

 not a little ; and we can assure him on our own testimony that 

 there is no doubt as to the parasitic habits of xy tophus glan- 

 darius {cf. Ibis, 1859, p. 31 G). A 2yropos of Prof. Savi and 

 Italian ornithology, we may remark that there seems to have 

 been an error, which was first pointed out by Dr. Salvadori 

 (Fauna d'ltalia : Uccelli, p. 76), in M. de Selys-Longch amp's 

 paper in this Journal some years ago : for ''Merle maritime" 

 (Ibis, 1870, p. 452) we ought to read "Merlo montano." 



Mr. Hume has recently published all the information he 

 could rake together concerning the eggs and nests of Indian 

 birds'^. The object of the volume is to give information to 

 his innncrous correspondents as to the extent of his know- 

 ledge on these subjects, in order that they may supplement it 

 by further observations and discoveries. 



'The Birds of Great Britain' being now completed, Mr. 

 Gould is turning his strength on to ' The Birds of Asia' f, 



on the 12th of March, 1850. Tliere can be no doubt of the inventor of 

 of the names " Ilesthogenous " (!) and " Gymno<renoiis " having: then 

 conferred them on the two groups of birds, unconscious that his " First 

 Thoughts on the Physiological Classification of Birds " had already oc- 

 curred to the eminent Swedish naturalist above mentioned. 



* Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds. By Allan Hume. Hough Draft. 

 Part I. Calcutta: 1873. 8vo, pp. 230. 



t The Birds of Asia. By John Gould. Part xxvi. Folio. London: 

 Aug. 1st, 1874. 



