282 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



thorax !), and has augmented the Cyprian avifauna by the 

 discovery of such representative forms as Paras aphrodite, 

 Scops cypria, Garrulus glaszneri, Loxia gvillemardi, and 

 others, which are restricted to the island. Thus supple- 

 mented, the ornis of Cyprus is now shown to contain 249 

 species. We confess, however, to being a little doubtful 

 about some of them. Are there really three different 

 Starlings in Cyprus — S. poltaraszkii, S. purpurascens, and 

 S. ptorphyronotus ? 



52. Osgood on the Birds of the Alaskan Peninsula. 



[North-American Fauna. — No. 24. A Biological Reconnaissance of 

 the Base of the Alaska Peninsula. By W. II. Osgood, Assistant Biolo- 

 gical Survey. Washing-ton, 1904.] 



This is an account of one of the summer tours to which 

 our friend Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the Division of 

 the Biological Survey of the U.S., occasionally treats himself 

 or some member of his staff. On this occasion the base of the 

 Alaskan Peninsula, being little known to naturalists, was 

 selected for investigation, and Mr. Wilfred H. Osgood, an 

 assistant in the Biological Survey, was deputed for the task. 

 The well-written and nicely illustrated report now before us 

 shews how the " biological reconnaissance " was accomplished, 

 while the exact route followed is plainly set forth on several 

 maps. There is much general information to be gained 

 from the pages of this memoir, and the "list of birds" 

 contains a series of valuable field-notes relating to about 

 130 species. 



Of Phylloscopus borealis, which has recently been ascer- 

 tained to intrude into Western Alaska, two specimens were 

 obtained in July 1902. 



53. Reichenoio's ' Birds of Africa.' 



[Die Vogel Afrikas, von Ant. Reichenow. Dritte Band, erste Halfte. 

 Neudamm: J. Neumann, 1904.] 



The first portion of the third volume of Dr. Reichenow's 

 ' Vogel Afrikas,' which has been lately issued, contains his 



