486 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



71. North on a new Genus of Passerine Birds. 



[Insectivorous Birds. A new Genus of the Order Passeres. By Alfred 

 J. North. Agr. I faz. of New South Wales, xvi. p. 247 (March 1905).] 



The proposed new genus Oreoscopus is based upon the 

 Sericornis gutturalis of De Vis (Pr. R. Soc. Queen si. vi. 

 p. 244, 1889), which Mr. North regards as quite different 

 from the typical form of that genus. He likewise describes 

 the nest and eggs from specimens lately received by the 

 Australian Museum from N.E. Queensland. Text-figures 

 are given of the bird and the nest. 



72. Oberholser on a new Sylviella. 



[Description of a, new Sylviella. By Henry C. Oberholser. Smiths. 

 Misc. Coll. ii. ]>. 373.] 



The " new subspecies," called " Sylviella rufescens ochro- 

 cara" is based on a specimen from Damaraland obtained by 

 C. J. Anderson (corr. C. J. Andersson?), now in the U.S. 

 National Museum. Is not this Sylviella pallida Alexander 

 (' Ibis,' L900, p. 71, pi. i. fig. 1) ? — at any rate, that species, 

 which was discovered by Capt. Alexander on the Upper 

 Zambesi, should have been referred to. 



73. Ogilvie-Grani's Guide to the Bird-Gallery of the 

 British Museum. 



[Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology of the 

 British Museum (Natural History). (With 24 Plates and 7 Illustrations.) 

 L Imi : Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1905. 1 vol. 4to. 228 pp.] 



There is no doubt, we believe, that the series of specimens 

 of Birds mounted for public exhibition in the British Museum 

 at South Kensington is unrivalled in extent and variety. 

 That of the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin is also ex- 

 cellent, but as regards the number and rarity of its contents 

 must yield to its rival in this country. Though the work of 

 completing the series and of replacing the older specimens 

 is still going on, the general arrangement of the Bird-gallery 

 at South Kensington has been practically finished for some 

 time, and a " Guide " to its contents was much called for. 

 To no one could the task of compiling such a Guide have 



