176 Recent lij published Ornithological Works. 



one of them {(E. hcesitata) has the honour of being in- 

 cluded in the British List, on the faith of a single straggler. 



8. Hartert's ' Miscellanea Ornithologica ' : Part V. 



[Miscellanea Ornitliolofyica — Critical, Nomenclatorial, and other Notes, 

 mostly on Paleearctic Birds and their Allies. By Dr. E. Hartert. Part V. 

 Nov. Zool. XV. p. 295 (1907).] 



Dr. Hartert shews that Acrocephalus inexpectatus of 

 Berezowski and Bianchi, from Southern Kansu, is based 

 upon a young specimen of Acrocephalus orieyitalis, the 

 eastern form of A. arundinaceus. He also discusses the 

 species of Scotocerca, and maintains — we fear correctly — 

 that the form of Scotocerca lately met with in the Wadi Hof, 

 near Cairo, by Mr. Nicoll, and characterized by him as new 

 under the name Scotocerca inquiela innesi (Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 

 p. 98), does not differ from the typical Scotocerca ifiguieta. 



9. Hilgert's Catalogue of the Erlanger Collection. 



[Katalog der Collection von Erlanger in Nieder-Ingelheim-a.-RU . 

 Von Carl Hilgert. Berlin : Friedltinder, 1908.] 



The great collection of birds formed by the late Carlo, 

 Freiherr von Erlanger, who lost his life by a sad accident, 

 when only just commencing his career *, has been carefully 

 arranged and catalogued by Herr Carl Hilgert, his taxi- 

 dermist and companion in travel. The 12,500 specimens 

 are referred to 1419 species in the List, and the name, date, 

 and locality are attached to each of them. The collection 

 is specially rich in N.E. African species (where Erlanger 

 made extensive researches) and contains many types. The 

 catalogue will be very useful to those who are working on 

 African Birds, and gives many references to Erlanger's 

 publications. 



10. Marriner's Notes on the Kea (Nestor). 



[Additional Notes on the Kea. By George B. Marriner. Trans. New 

 Zealand Inst. xl. p. 534 (1907;).] 



IMr. IVTarriner visited a Sheep-Station (Mount Algidus) 

 in the North Island of New Zealand in July 1907, and 

 * See ' The Ibis,' 1905, p. 144. 



