Recently published Ornithological Works. 485 



fur diesen Sonderabdruck hergestellten Tafelu. Gera-Untermhaus : 

 Kothen, 1904.] 



This, if we understand rightly, is a reprint of the Preface 

 to the first volume of the new edition of Naumann' s ' Vogel 

 Deutschlands/ which was commenced in 1897, and has lately 

 been brought to a conclusion under the title ' Naturgeschichte 

 der Vogel Mittel-Europas/ The Editor of the new edition 

 is Dr. Hennicke, of Gera, who has been assisted in his long 

 and arduous task by many of the leading German orni- 

 thologists. We have already noticed (' Ibis/ 1904, p. 146) a 

 valuable contribution of Dr. W. Blasius to this great work. 

 Dr. Leverkiihn's Preface is mainly of a historical nature, and 

 contains amongst much other information a genealogical 

 tree of the Naumanu family, which shews plainly how the 

 three ornithologists, Johann Andreas Naumann, Johanu 

 Friedrich Naumann, ami Carl Andreas Naumann, were 

 related, and gives many particulars about their lives and 

 pursuits. 



Eight plates prepared specially for this reprint illustrate 

 the quaint personality of the Naumanns, and represent the 

 " Denkmal " recently put up in Kothen as a memorial 

 of them. 



70. Lonnberg on Birds from Tianshan. 



[Short Notos on a Collection of Birds from Tianshan. By Einar 

 Lonnberg. With I plate. Arch. f. Zool. ii. No. 9. Upsala, 1905.] 



The district of Tianshan in Central Asia has not been 

 much worked by Western ornithologists, and Dr. Lonnberg 

 is to be congratulated on having secured a series embracing 

 examples of 79 species from that quarter. The exact locality 

 of the collection is stated to be " Baimgol, which is on a 

 tributary of the Itiver Tekes *, and the mountain Chatengri." 

 The list for the most part contains the names of well-known 

 species, but will be useful to students of distribution. 

 Falco subbateo cyanescens is a new subspecies of Hobby, and 

 Lyrurus tetrix mongolicus a new subspecies of the Black 

 Grouse. The chick of Tetraogallus himalayensis is well figured. 

 * The River Tekes is a branch of the Hi, which hows into Lake 

 Balkask. It is in Chinese Turkestan. 



