Recently published Ornithological Works. 383 



this volume is in every respect equal to its predecessors. The 

 earlier labours of Saxby, the Edmondston family, Garriock, 

 and others, can never be forgotten when the Shetland Islands 

 are mentioned, and this excellent treatise forms their fitting 

 complement. The birds occupy pp. 69-215, the bulk of the 

 work ; the descriptive portion forms an admirable guide-book ; 

 and it is almost needless to say that there is a coloured 

 map, as well as a full index. 



39. Finn on a supposed new Indian Droiujo. 



[On a new Species of Bhimraj {Dis-iemwrus), with some Observations 

 on the so-called family Diciuridye. By F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.S. J. A. S. B. 

 Ixviii. pt. ii. p. 119.] 



Mr. Finn continues his curious discoveries in the Indian 

 avifauna. A new Bhimraj {Dissemurus alcocki) is founded 

 upon a bird obtained alive from the Gorakhpur district, and 

 now in the Calcutta Museum. It has white edgings to the 

 wings and a whitish belly. Other similar specimens have 

 been received from the same locality. 



40. Finsch on the Species o/ Theristicus. 



[Ueber die Arten der Gattung Theristicus Wagl. Von iJr. O. Finsch. 

 Notes Leyden Mus. xxi. p. :23.] 



Dr. Sharpe has united Theristicus branickii Berl. & Stolz. 

 to T. melanopis, as its younger form. Dr. Finsch maintains 

 that T. branickii is an unquestionably valid species, of which 

 the Leyden Museum has two adult specimens ( (^ et $ ) from 

 Peru (Whiiely); and he adds to the list of the genus a fourth 

 species, T. colombianus, based on an example in the same 

 Museum acquired, in 1867, from " Columbia." Notes on 

 and descriptions of all four species are added. 



41. Finsch on the Genus Gracula. 



[Das Genus Gracula Linn., mid seine Arten nebst Beschreibung eiuer 

 neuen Art. Von Dr. O. Finsch. Notes Leyden Mus. xxi. p. 1.] 



We are pleased to note that Dr. Finsch follows Count 

 Salvadori in reviving the good old-fashioned Linnean genus 



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