6.22 Recently published Ornitholoyical IVorks. 



descriptions of Move's varied experiences in Conuemara are 

 very pleasant reading. Though the pursuit of the great 

 Grey Seal and the death of the gigantic cuttlefish do not 

 come within our province, an allusion to them may be 

 pardoned. It is true that the volume is somewhat bulky, 

 and we think that some of the correspondence might have 

 been omitted or compressed. In an Appendix all More's 

 scientific contributions are given ; among them his principal 

 work, on 'The Distribution of Birds in Great Britain during 

 the Nesting-Season/ and also his two Lists of Irish Birds. 



105. Prazdk on a new Trochalopteron. 



[Ueber einen neuen Vogel vom oberen Yaag-tse kiaiig uud Tuugtiiig See. 

 Von Dr. J. P. Prazak. Monatsb. Deuts. Ver. Schutze Vogelw. xxii. 

 p. 327.] 



Trochalopteron hennickei is described as a new species, 

 allied to T. sukatschewii of Berezowski and Bianchi and 

 T. cinereiceps of Styan, and based on three specimens 

 obtained by a correspondent in the summer of 1896, on the 

 Tung-ting Lake, in the upper valley of the Yang-tse. 



106. Rothschild on the Paradise-birds. 



[Notes on Paradiseidcp. By the Hon. Waher Rothschild. Novitates 

 Zool. v. p. 84.] 



These notes refer to various points in the arrangement 

 and nomenclature of the Paradiseida?, which will, no doubt, 

 be embodied in the synopsis of the group being prepared 

 for 'Das Thierreich.' We are very glad to observe that 

 Mr. Rothschild is inclined to restrict the excessive number 

 of genera admitted in the Paradiseidas by Dr. Sharpe. 

 Genera do not exist in nature, and are merely conveniences 

 for reference; but they become excessively inconvenient when 

 too numerous. We are not, however, able to approve in 

 a similar way of some of Mr. Rothschild's proposed changes 

 of generic and scientific names. Who will ever recognize 

 a Paradise-bird under the name FalcineUus striatus, or suspect 

 that it conceals our old friend Epiinachus speciosus ? 



