348 Recently puhlished Ornifholof/ical TJ'ork.9. 



collectors should have gone high up into the monutains 

 above, where they would have entered the range of some 

 scarce and little-known species, A few field-notes are added 

 by Capt. Roljinson. 



G7. Rothschild and Hartert on Birds from Guadalcanur. 



[List of a Collection of Birds from Guadalcanar Island, in the Solomon 

 Group. Wy Hon. Walter Rotlischild, Ph.D., and Ernst Ilarturt. Nov. 

 Zool. viii. pp. ;373-382.] 



A collection made by Mr. Albert S. Meek on Guadal- 

 canar, Solomon Group, in April and May, 1901, is described, 

 and 57 species are enumerated. Many useful notes are 

 given, and Ceyx lepida collectoris is described as a new sub- 

 species. The group of Baza subcristata is worked out, and 

 five subspecies are recognised. 



68. Sarasin Brothers on the Geological History of Celebes. 



[Ueber die geologische Geschichte der Insel Celebes auf Griind der 

 Thierverbreitung. Von Dr. Paul Sarasin und Dr. Fritz Sarasin. 1 vol. 

 4to. Wiesbaden, 1901. 170 pp. ; 19 pis.] 



This learned and well-executed memoir is an attempt to 

 explain the complexities of the existing fauna of Celebes by 

 a careful study of its land-animals, to our knowledge of which 

 the authors have largely contributed. The Land and Fresh- 

 water MoUusks, the Reptiles and Amphibians, the Birds, 

 the Mammals, and the Land-Planarians are all thoroughly 

 discussed, and their distribution illustrated by a series of 

 elaborate maps. P'our ''land-bridges^^ are shown to be 

 necessary to account for the complications of the Celebean 

 fauna, and are supposed to have formerly connected this 

 strange island with Java, the Philippines, the Moluccas, and 

 Flores. No one interested in distribution should omit to 

 study this valuable piece of work. 



G9. Schalorv on Birds from Central Asia. 



[BeitrJige zur Vogelfauna Centralasiens. Uebersicht der von Ilerrn 

 Oberamtniann Dr. Holderer wjihrend einer Durcliquerung Asiens gesam- 

 uielten Vogel. Von Herman Schalow. J. f. O. 1901, pp. 303-456, 

 Taf. iii., iv.] 



