162 Recently published OrnitJioloy'ical ]Vorks. 



our pages. Eighty-three illustrations are given, eliiefly 

 of heads, feet, wings, and tails, but in a {qw cases of the 

 nests: many of them giving a beautifully soft appearance 

 to the parts figured. 



The book contains a very large fund of information con- 

 densed into a reasonable space; but no one can read it 

 without being struck by the immense amount of Held-work 

 that yet remains to be done with regard to South- African 

 birds, the nests and eggs of many species — even of some 

 breeding in Cape Colony — being as yet unrecorded. Anders- 

 son, the Layards, Ayres, are often almost the sole authorities 

 that can be quoted; though a great advance has evidently 

 been made of late, for which we are largely indi^jted 

 to Capt. Alexander (the Zambesi), the Messrs. Woodward 

 and Mr. Millar (Natal and Zululand), and Mr. Marshall 

 (Mashonaland). 



37. Tschiisi zu Schmidhoffen on Birds from Madeira. 

 [Neue Formen von Madeira. Von Vict. Ritter v. Tsr^luisi 7,u Schmid- 

 hoffen. Ornithol. Monatsber. ix. pp. 129-131.] 



It is here proposed to separate the Blackcap of Madeira 

 as a subspecies, because of the browner tint of the plumage, 

 also the Spectacled Warbler, Linnet, and Goldfinch of the 

 same island, on what appear to be veiy slight grounds. The 

 (joldfinch of Madeira is stated to be " smaller,"" but only 

 two specimens have been examined, and we venture to say 

 that small as well as large Goldfinches may easily be found 

 in Europe. The author also wishes to separate the Mountain 

 Accentor of Dalmatia, Montenegro, and Greece as Accentor 

 collaris rekeri, because of its grey upper plumage. 



38. Vallon on Count Arrigoni's Collection of Birds. 



[Die Sammlung italienischer Vogel des Professors Graf Arrigoui degli 

 Oddi in Caoddo (Mouselice) bei Padua. Von G. Vallon. Ornithol. 

 Jahrb. xii. pp. 89-97.] 



Herr Vallon, of Udine, has paid a visit to the celebrated 

 Collection of Italian Birds belonging to Count Arrigoni 

 degli Oddi, of Caoddo near Padua, and gives us an in- 

 teresting ac(!Ount of it. There are about 7200 specimens 



