Recently published Ornithulogical IVurks. 707 



Cryptolopha maUndangensis, Pseudotharraleus malindnngensis, 

 Brachypteryx maUndangensis, Hyloterpe apoensis basilanica, 

 Zosterops goodfellowi maUndangensis, Crytostomus jugularis 

 mindanensis, C.j. woodi, C.j. dinagatensis, Pyrrhula steerei 

 (from Mindanao, alt. 5750 ft.), Dicurus halicasius mindorensis, 

 and Chibia cagayanensis. The addition of four known 

 species to tlie Philippine List is recorded. Amongst these 

 is a Phalarope {Phalaropus hyperboreas). 



The discovery of a second Bullfinch in the Philippines is 

 of great interest. 



98. Mearns on Birds from the Philippine Islands, Borneo, 

 Guam, and Midway Island. 



[A List of Birds collected by Dr. Paul Bartsch in the Philippine Islands, 

 Borneo, Guam, and Midway Island, with Descriptions of Three new 

 Forms. By E. A. Mearns, Assistant in Zoology, U.S. National Museum. 

 Proc. U.S. National Mus. xxxvi. p. 463 (1909).] 



A complete list is given of the birds collected by Dr. Paul 

 Bartsch at the above-named localities during the voyage 

 of U.S. Steamer 'Albatross' (1907-8) to the Philippine 

 Islands, Three forms are described as new to science — 

 Rhamphalcyon capensis smithi and Pycnonotwi goiavier 

 suluensis from the Philippines, and Collocalia bartsi from 

 Guam. 



99. Pliillott on Persian Falconry. 



[The Baz-Nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian Treatise on Falconry. Trans- 

 lated by Lt.-Col. D. C. Phillott. London : B. Quaritch, 1908. Pp. i-xxiv, 

 1-195 ; 25 illustrations.] 



This most interesting book consists of a translation of a 

 work written in 1868, lithographed first at Teheran and 

 afterwards at Bombay. As will be seen from the translator's 

 Introduction, the author, Jaymur Mirza, was one of the 

 nineteen sons of Husayn 'Ali Mirza, Governor of the Province 

 of Fars, who was once offered the crown of Persia. He was 

 in London in 1836, but returned to Teheran and died there 

 in 1874. He was well known as an exceptional authority on 

 Falconrv. 



