556 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



74. Ogaivi-Cs ' List of the Birds of Japan.' 



[A Hand-list of the Birds of Japan. By Minori Ogawa. Ann. ZooL 

 Japon. vol. vi. p. 3ci7 (Dec. 1908). Tokyo.] 



The sixth volume of the ' Annotationes Zoologicse Japon- 

 en^es ' (auspiciis Societatis Zoologicse Tokyouensis seriatim 

 editse) closes with a revised list of the Birds of Japan (exclu- 

 sive of Saghalin and Formosa) prepared by the late Minori 

 Ogawa. The list gives the names and most important 

 synonyms of the 502 species and subspecies recognised by 

 the author as belonging to the " Fauna Japonica." The 

 native Japanese names and the exact localities are likewiss 

 given. 



The editor of the ' Annotationes ' adds the following 

 remarks on the sad fate of this young and promising 

 zoologist : — 



" While this List was passing through the press the author 

 Mr. Minori Ogawa died, after a long illness. Thus was 

 frustrated the expectation which the author had entertained 

 to greatly improve the form and matter of the List. \\\ the 

 deceased we have lost a young and enthusiastic observer of 

 birds and bird-life, which, in the dearth of scientifically 

 trained ornithologists in this part of the world, will be 

 keenly felt by all who take interest in the progress of 

 zoological knowledge. ^^ 



A former very useful article prepared by Ogawa (ou the 

 birds of the Japanese Islands) will be found noticed in this 

 Journal for 190G (p. 593). 



75. Oustalet on the Birds of Foa's Expeditions. 



[Resultata scientifiques des Voyages in Afrique d'Edouard Foa, 

 publi^es sous les auspices du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 

 Paris, 1908. 4to. 731 pp.] 



Among the contributions of various Naturalists to the 

 Memorial Volume of the late Edouard Foa, a distinguished 

 traveller in Africa, is a short memoir by the late Emile 

 Oustalet ou the birds which Foa had collected and presented 



