704 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



the species, which are sufficient to enable them to be 

 determined in most cases. 



At the end of the volume is given a complete list of the 

 Burmese birds known to the author, with a table shewing 

 their distribution in the different districts into which the 

 country may be divided. Major Harington observes that 

 the Northern Chin Hills are " absolutely unknown " and 

 that the high peak of Saramati (12,000 feet) may probably 

 have a Fauna of its own, so that there is still good work to 

 be done in Burma by an enterprising Ornithologist. 



93. HarterVs ' Birds of the Palcearctic Fauna." * 



[Die Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna. Von Dr. Ernst Hartert. 

 Heft V. Berlin, 1909.] 



The whole of the fifth part of the ' Birds of the Palsearctic 

 Fauna' is devoted to the great Family Muscicapidse, under 

 which designation Dr. Hartert includes not only the 

 Muscicapidffi proper, but also the Sylviidae, Crateropodidge, 

 and Turdidse of most authors. It is, no doubt, difficult to 

 draw the lines between these four families, but we prefer the 

 more familiar terms, although we admit that in many cases 

 the task of distinguishing a Sylvian from a Thrush is 

 severe. 



The following ten new species and subspecies are described 

 in this Part : — Phylloscopus sihilatrix erlangeri (Morocco) ; 

 Horeites fiuvolivacea intricatus (China) ; Sylvia undata toni 

 (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) ; Prinia gracilis yemenensis 

 (Arabia) ; Crateropus caudatus altirostris (Mesopotamia) ; 

 lanthocichla affinis oustaleti (Yunnan) ; lanthocincla rufigu- 

 laris assamensis (Assam) ; /. r. occidentalis (N.W. Hima- 

 layas) ; Trochalopteron lineatum grisescantior (Western 

 Himalayas) ; T. lineatum gilgit (Cashmir and Gilgit) . 



The true Thrushes will be treated in the next Part (VI.), 

 which, we understand, will finish the first volume. 



We may call attention to the change proposed by 

 Dr. Hartert in the name of one of our familiar species. It is 



* For notice of Heft iv. see ' Ibis,' 1907, p. 489. 



