122 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



synoptical table, with diagnoses ; and the bibliography is 

 adequate. 



The statements that the Great Snipe, the Jack Snipe, and 

 the Knot nest in Switzerland may evoke scepticism, and 

 we cannot accept the honour conferred upon England in 

 ascribing Temminck's Stint (Tringa temmincki) to us as a 

 breeding species. But these arc slight blemishes in a work 

 which consists of 1753 pages and an Introduction. — H. S. 



10. Ghiffi on the Genus Tragopan. 



[Studi sul genere Tragopan Cuvier. - Memoria del Prof. Alessandro 

 Ghigi. Mem. Ace. Se. Bologna, ser. 5, torn. x. Sc. Nat. pp. 1-51-166, 

 tav.2.] 



This memoir relates primarily to the structure of the 

 caruncles on the head of the male Tragopan, in describing 

 which the author criticizes certain statements made by 

 Dr. Murie in his essay on this subject published in 1872 

 (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 730). Observations made on living speci- 

 mens and a systematic revision of the species of the genus 

 are added. A description of the little-known female of 

 Tragopan caboti is also given. 



11. Hartert's Nomenclatorial Rectifications. 



[Einige nomenklatorische Betrachtungen. Von Dr. Ernst Ilartert. 

 Zool. Anz. xxviii. No. 4 (1904).] 



The author, after some excellent preliminary remarks, 

 points out two recent cases in which the zealous advocates 

 of " unrestricted priority " appear to have outrun their 

 discretion. Although it is generally allowed that Moehring's 

 ' Genera Avium' (1752) cannot be recognised in binomial 

 nomenclature, Herr Poche (Zool. Anz. xxvii. p. 495) has 

 put forward the claim of Nozeman's Dutch translation 

 (1758) of the same work to render Moehring's genera valid. 

 But Dr. Hartert shews that this view is untenable, because 

 Nozeman translated Moehring's generic terms into Dutch, 

 instead of repeating them in Latin, and could not, therefore, 

 be said to have adopted them. It is therefore not necessary 



