146 Recently published Ornithological Worlds. 



author who puts it forv ard ? Take^ for example, the generic 

 term " Chrysotis" in the Psittacid?e, which was accepted, 

 for good reasons, by Count Salvadori (our greatest living 

 authority on the subject) in the ^Catalogue/ Yet in the 

 'Hand-list^ preference is given to " Amazona" and it is 

 proposed to alter the name in some 50 species accordingly ! 

 On the other hand, we cannot be too grateful to Dr. Sharpe 

 for retaining the name " Cypsehis " fc r the Swifts and re- 

 jecting " Apns,^' which the advocates of unmitigated priority 

 have attempted to force upon us (c/. Ibis, 1897, p. 290). 



29. Shellerfs 'Birds of Africa,' Vol. ii. pt. 2. 



[The Birds of Africa. By G. E. Slielley, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. Vol. II. 

 Pt. 2. London : Porter, 1900. 8vo. Pp. 348. Price 21.s.] 



In the present part of his work Capt. Shelley continues 

 his account of the African Passeres in the manner described 

 in our last notice (see Ibis, 1900, p. 560), and treats of the 

 following families : — Promeropidse, Zosteropidse, Parisomidae, 

 Paridse, Certhiidte, and Motacillidse [part] — with which he 

 concludes the second volume. " Parisomidae " is a new family 

 formed to contain Parisoma, ^' Alcip)pe/' and their allies. But 

 Ave cannot quite agree in uniting the African Lioptili (which 

 are certainly closely allied to Parisoma) to the Asiatic form 

 " Alcippe." Altogether 196 species are contained in the 

 present volume, which stops with the genus Anthus in the 

 middle of the Motacillidse. 



The following species are figured : — 



Zosterops ficedulina. 

 Speirops leucophfea. 

 Zosterops comorensis 

 Malacirops e-newtoni. 

 Parus xanthostomus. 



albiventris. 



Alcippe abyssinica. 



yEgithalus musculus. 

 Motacilla vidua. 



nigricotis. 



Antlius lineiventris. 



creuatus. 



calthorpte. 



brachyiirus. 



Four species appear to be described for the first time in 

 this part : — Zosterops comorensis (from the Comoro Islands), 

 Motacilla nigricotis (from S. Africa), Anthus melindce (from 



