730 Recently picb/ished Ornitholor/ical Works. 



certainly baea August v. Pelzeln, of whom a lithographic 

 portrait is given. 



135. Nelson on the Birds of Yorkshire. 



[The Birds of Yorkshire : commeuced by Win. Eagle Clarlte, F.L.S., 

 M.B.O.U., Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh; and contiuued by 

 Thomas H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., The Cliffe, Redcar. Trans. Yorks. Nat. 

 Union, Tart 24, INIay 1901.] 



The species treated in this instalment of the 'Birds of 

 Yorkshire ' are the Rock-Thrush, the Hedge-Accentor, the 

 Alpine Accentor, the Redbreast, the Nightingale, the White- 

 spotted Blue-throat, and the Red-spotted Blue-throat. Apart 

 from the details of migration, on which we are always glad 

 to have Mr. Clarke's dicta, and references to notices of birds 

 in the county by early writers, the most interesting article 

 is that on the Nightingale, which shews that the species can 

 hardly be said to have extended its range much in Yorkshire, 

 but that previous records have often been ignored. We fancy, 

 however, that we can still further extend the northern range 

 of the Nightingale, unless our authors discredit the occur- 

 rence (stated on authority similar to that accepted) of the 

 bird during the summer of 1893 near Whittingham, in 

 Northumberland (Proc. Berwickshire Nat. Club, xiv. p. 202). 



136. Nisbett and Finn on the Kaleege Pheasants. 



[Notes on some Kalij Pheasants from the Kachin Ilillls in the posses- 

 sion of the Bombay Natural History Society. By Capt. W. G. Nisbett 

 and F. Finn. Jouru. Bombay N. H. Soc. xiii. pp. 521-528.J 



The immediate subject of this paper is a set of Pheasants 

 of the genus Genncens obtained by Capt Nisbett in the Kachin 

 Hills, north of Bhamo, which are considered by the authors 

 as " hybrids of various grades " between G. horsfieldi and 

 G. andersoni. With the latter it is proposed to unite 

 G. rvjipcs of Oates and G. beli of Oustalet. 



A useful synoptic table of the seven species of the group 

 is added. 



