210 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



No new species are described in Mr. Robinson's article, 

 but good field-notes are given in every case, and several 

 very interesting forms are mentioned. Rheinhardtius nigres- 

 cens, the Malayan representative of the Ocellated Argus of 

 Tonkin, recently described by Dr. Hartert, was obtained by 

 Mr. Robinson on Gunong Tabau, but he does not believe 

 that it is entirely confined to the mountains. Hornbills are 

 numerous — six fine species occur in the .Malayan Hills. 

 Woodpeckers are also plentiful — the names of 17 species are 

 recorded. Abundant also are Muscioapidas and Pycnonotidae, 

 as in other parts of the Oriental Region. Tbe splendid 

 Hunting-Crow, Cissa robinsoni, originally described from a 

 single specimen, is now found to be numerous in the moun- 

 tains of Selangor, but is " very wild and hard to obtam." 

 The Malayan Bullfinch {Pyrrhula waterstradti) probably 

 occurs on all the higher mountains of Selangor, wherever 

 Vaccinium and Conifers are found. 



A detailed summary concludes Mr. Robinson's valuable 

 paper; it gives full information as to the distribution of the 

 components of the upper Malayan Avifauna, which is com- 

 pared with that of Kina Rain, the highest summit in Rorneo. 

 Rut the Bornean mountain contains seven peculiar generic 

 forms, while the Malayan heights have none. 



23. Salvadori on some Birds from Congo-land. 



[Piccola Collezicne di I'ccelli del Congo, deseritta da T. Salvadori. 

 Auu. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 3, vol. iv. (1009).] 



A small collection of birds from Congo-land, received by 

 the Museo Civico of Genoa, contained 30 specimens, which 

 are referred by Count Salvadori to 27 species. Of these 

 Dendropicns gabonensis, Lophoceros granti, and the very rare 

 Ilypargus dyboivskii are pointed out as being of special 

 interest. 



24. Sassi on Birds from Papua and Northern Queensland. 



[Bemerkungen zu den von E. Weiske in British Neuguinea und Nord 

 Queensland gesammelten Vogelbalgen. Von Dr. Moriz Sas.-i (Wien). 

 J. f. O., July 1909:] 



It would appear that the collection of birds made bv 



