384 Rece7it/y published OniiUioloijical fJ^orks. 



Gracula, which ought never to have been superseded by 

 Mainatus or Eulabes. He now reviews the species and 

 recognizes 14. of them ; describing as new G. batuensis, from 

 the Batu Islands, on the north-west coast of Sumatra. 



42. Finsch's Review of his Forty Yeai's' JVork. 



O. FinsL-li : Systematisclie Uebersicht der Ergebnisse seiner Reiseii 

 und sdiriftstellerischeu Thiitig-keit (1859-1899). 8vo. Berlin, 1899.] 



The excellent work in zoology and anthropology accom- 

 plished by our old correspondent, Dr. Finsch, during the 

 past 40 years, well deserves this permanent record, winch is, 

 at the same time, very useful to students for purposes of 

 reference. In " Birds," as we all know. Dr. Finsch has 

 been specially active, and his papers, which form a goodly 

 list, show his researches in Greenland, Europe, Africa, 

 Asia, Indo-Malaysia, New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, and 

 New Zealand. According to the alphabetical list given, the 

 new species described by Dr. Finsch are 158 in number. 

 We cordially wish him a long period of fresh activity in the 

 Ley den Museum. 



43. Gosse on the Birds of Aconcagua. 



[Notes on the Natural History of the Aconcagua Valleys. By Philip 

 Gosse. Reprinted from Mr. E. A. FitzGerald's ' The Highest Andes,' 

 1899. 8vo. London, 1899.] 



Mr. Gosse sends us a separate copy of the above-named 



Notes. The portion relating to "Birds" occupies 11 pages of 



the Appendix, and contains an account of two collections : 



the one made in the valleys round the base of the great 



mountain, and the other during Mr. Gosse's two months^ 



residence at Lujan, in the province of Mendoza. In the 



first list 26 species are mentioned, and field-notes are given 



relating to each of them ; all being well-known Chilian 



species, and such as would be expected to occur in the 



Mendozan Andes. Atticora cyanoleuca was observed up to 



11,000 feet; Oreotrochilus leucoplcnrits Avas found breeding 



in the Inca Valley in December and January, and another 



Humming-bird (probably Patagona gi(jas) was noticed but 



