Recently published Ornithological Wurks. 679 



obtained by the British Association Committee and Mr. Eagle 

 Clarke/' and Mr. Barrington hastens to disclaim any idea of 

 the kind. For ourselves, we had read the Preface before this 

 slip was issued, without the slightest suspicion of an amari 

 aliquid, and even now, with our curiosity stimulated, we 

 confess our inability to detect any phrase calculated to cause 

 offence to the most susceptible. 



106. Bianchi on the Genus Tetraogallus. 



[Uebersicht der Arten der Gattung TetraocjallHs Gray. Von V. Biauchi. 

 Alls dem Russisclieii iibersetzt vou Michael Harms. J. f. 0. 1899, 

 p. 421.] 



Herr Harms has translated from the Russian original 

 Bianchi's revision of the species of Tetraogallus, published 

 in December 1898 in the ' Annuaire du Musee Zoologique ' 

 of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. 

 The species of Tetraogallus usually recognized are six : — 

 TT. caucasicus, caspius, himalayensis, altaicus, tibetanus, and 

 henrici. To these M. Bianchi proposes to add two new sub- 

 species of T. himalayensis, namely, T. h. grombczeivskii 

 (from the Western Kuen-Lun) and T. h. kosloivi (from the 

 Altyn-tagh, Western Nan-schan, and Southern Koko-nor 

 chains). All the eight forms are carefully diagnosed and 

 their ranges are fully described. 



107. Coward and Oldham's ' Birds of Cheshire.' 



[The Birds of Cheshire. By T. A. Coward and Charles Oldham, 

 With six Photogravure Illustrations and a Map of the County. Pp. 27H. 

 8vo. Sherratt and Hughes, 1900.] 



Among the meritorious works issued of late years on the 

 birds of counties or areas the present volume takes very high 

 rank ; in fact it may be styled a model, for there is no ex- 

 traneous matter, but a plain record of observations. The 

 announcement that our M.B.O.U., Mr. Frank Nicholson, 

 has read the })roofs is in itself a guarantee of the quality 

 of the field-notes, for his acquaintance with the districts 

 surrounding Cheshire, as well as the county itself, must be 

 almost unrivalled. The physical features of the areas into 



