334 Reccntlij puhHiihed Ornithological jrorks. 



amongst which D. major anglicus is new. Of Utrix jlammea 

 he makes at least 5 subspecies in Europe and Nortli Africa^ 

 and refers the British form to Strix jlammea kirkhojfi. "We 

 do not profess to agree with these proposals, but Mr. Hartert 

 has a right to state his own views and has something to say 

 for them. 



65. Hartert on the Genus Scajorhynchus. 



[On the Genus Sctvorht/nchtis, Oates. By Ernst Ilavleit. Nov. Zool. 

 vii. p. 548.] 



Two species of the Paradoxornithine genus Screorhynclius 

 are usually recognised as S. rujiceps and S. gnlaris. Mr. 

 Hartert now proposes to divide the former into 2 subspecies 

 and the latter into 3. Two of these subspecies are described 

 as new — namely, S. rujiceps bakeri and >S^. gularis trans- 

 jluvialis. 



66. Hartert on the Birds of the Lingga Islands. 



[List of a Collection of Birds from the Liugga Islands. By Ernst 

 •Hartert Nov. Zool. vii. p. 549.] 



The Lingga Islands are a little group south of Singapore, 

 off the coast of Sumatra, to which the late Alfred Everett 

 sent a collector. Examples of 39 species were obtained, all 

 of which were purely Malaccan forms. This is believed to 

 be the first collection of birds ever made in these islands. It 

 is, of course, by no means complete. 



0)7. Hartert on the Birds of the Banda Islands. 



[The Birds of the Banda Islands. By Ernst Hartert. Nov. Zool. vii. 

 p. 55] .] 



The Banda Islands south of Ceram have been visited by 

 Salomon Miiller, Rosenberg, Wallace, and other naturalists. 

 Mr. Hartert writes on the collections made there for Tring 

 by Mr. H. Kuhn and Mr. W. Doherty, which contain repre- 

 sentatives of 29 species. These are enumerated, and notes 

 are added. 



