446 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



there contained examples of species belonging to the tierra 

 caliente and tierra fria which are never met with in that 

 vicinity. Mr. Chapman therefore does well to give us an 

 exact list of the 107 species of which he collected or observed 

 specimens at Jalapa, and thereby fixes their locality. Useful 

 field-notes are added, and the curious pendent nest of 

 Platypsaris aglaice is described and figured. Amongst the 

 less-known species met with at Jalapa was the scarce Green- 

 let Vireo amauronotus, which was heard singing daily, and 

 proved to be a common bird in this district. 



Forty miles beyond Jalapa lies Las Viguas, in the humid 

 alpine zone on the border of the tableland, at an elevation of 

 8000 feet. Here the Trogons, Toucans, Tinamous, Ant- 

 birds, Tanagers, and other birds of Jalapa are replaced by 

 Juncos, Crossbills, Creepers, Pine-Finches, Evening Gros- 

 beaks, and other forms characteristic of alpine bird-life. 

 In short, an almost complete change of the avifauna has 

 taken place, so that of 108 resident species observed at Jalapa 

 or Las Viguas only three were met with at both places. 

 Examples of 48 species are recorded from Las Viguas. 



60. Decle's Savage Africa. 



[Three Years in Savage Africa. By Lionel Decle. Metliuen & Co. 

 1898. Pp. 594. 8vo.] 



Those interested in Africa and its development should not 

 fail to read Mr. Decle's lively narrative of his three years' 

 travel between Cape Town and Mombasa. At the same 

 time the naturalist will be disappointed at the slight attention 

 paid to the animals and plants which must have obtruded 

 themselves everywhere on the traveller's notice. Birds are 

 seldom mentioned. The " marvellous intelligence " of the 

 Honey-guide [Indicator) seems to have been personally 

 witnessed in Bechuan aland, and the Oxpicker [Buphaga) is 

 characterized (p. 478) as a " new pest of Africa." 



61. Finn on Anser erythropus in India. 



[Note on the Occurrence in India of the Dwarf Goose {Anser erythropus)^ 

 with Exhibition of living Specimens. By F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.S, Proc. 

 Asiatic Soc. Beug. 1898, p. 1.] 



