292 Recently published Ornithological Works, 



60. Ridgway on new Birds from the Mascarene Subregion. 



[Descriptions of some new Birds from Aldabra, Assumption, and 

 Gloriosa Islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. By Robert Ridgway. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvii. p. 371, 1894.] 



Mr. Ridgway bases his new species on specimens in the 

 collection made by Dr. W. L. Abbott (c/. Ibis, 1894, p. 314), 

 of which he has made further studies, with assistance 

 rendered by Prof. Newton. The following species are de- 

 scribed: — Zosterops aldabrensis, Z. madagascariensis gloriusce, 

 Cinnyris aldabrensis, C. abbotti (from Assumption Island), 

 Centropus insidaris (from Aldabra and Assumption), and 

 Caprimulgus aldabrensis. 



61. Sharpe and Wyatt on the Hirundinidae. 



[A Monograph of the Hirundinidpe, or Family of Swallows. By R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., and Claude W. Wyatt. Parts XVIII.-XX. 

 4to. London. Sotheran & Co.] 



We are much pleased to welcome the concluding treble 

 part of this work, which, as now completed, is divided into 

 two volumes, although the pagination and numbering of the 

 plates are continuous throughout. In it the Swallows are fully 

 illustrated by 64 plates and maps showing the geographical 

 distribution of every genus. 



The only plate given in these parts is that of Psalido- 

 procne orientalis, besides which there is a series of charts 

 illustrating the distribution of the various genera. 



62. IVithtrby's ' Forest Birds' 



[Forest Birds, their Haunts and Habits : short Studies from Nature. 

 By Harry F. Witherby. 8vo. London, 1894. Kegan Paul & Co.] 



]Mr. Witherby's ' short Studies from Nature ' contain an 

 account of his experiences with eight familiar birds which he 

 has met with in the New Forest and elsewhere. They are 

 illustrated by reproductions of eight photographs, taken from 

 the cases in which he has mounted the specimens of these 

 birds in their natural attitudes. The letterpress is pleasingly 

 written, but there are some slips (such as speaking of the 



