488 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



XL. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 403.] 



102. Baker on the Birds of North Cachar. 



[The Birds of North Cachar. A Catalogue of the Passeriformes, Cora- 

 ciiformes, and the Order Psittaci of the Subclass Cicouiiformes. By E. 

 C. Stuart Baker. Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 162 ; ix. pp. 1, 

 111.] 



This catalogue contains an account of the numerous field- 

 notes and observations made by JMr. Stuart Baker on the 

 birds of North Cachar, where, as we all know, he has been a 

 diligent collector and observer for many years. The list is 

 arranged on ]\lr. Oates's system, upon which, however, 

 ]Mr. Baker makes some critical remarks. North Cachar is 

 a much varied country and has an abundant avifauna. Its 

 ranges of mountains run up to 5000 or 6000 feet, and it has 

 low valleys in plenty. " In the marsh-lands running along 

 the south all kinds of Babblers, Reed- Warblers, &c., have a 

 haunt after their own hearts, and such as require open dry 

 grass country have only to visit Umrang, the hot springs, or 

 similar places. Hungrum and its lofty peaks afford a home for 

 the Tits, rarer Thrushes, and Babblers, which will not descend 

 below 400 feet. Even the Tree-creeper, Wryneck, and many 

 Wrens find this part sufficiently lofty to tempt them to stay 

 and breed ; whilst Nuthatches abound in the evergreen- 

 forest in the valleys of the two small streams Laisung and 

 IMahor.'' 



The following species are figured : — Staphidia castaneiceps, 

 Prinia socialis, Calliope tschebaiewi. 



103. Barrett-Hamilton on Sabine's Snipe. 



[Sabine's Snipe, Gallinago coelestts, var. sabinii. By G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton. Irish Naturalist, iv. p. 12 (1895).] 



Out of some 56 examples of this form recorded as having 

 been obtained in the British Islands, 31 are from Ireland, 22 

 from England, and 3 from Scotland. One (in the collection at 

 the British Museum) is said to have been procured near Paris. 

 Mr. Barrett-Hamilton sketches the distribution of Sabine's 



