490 Recently published Ornithohgical Works. 



Polytechnica of Oporto two collections of Birds, of which 

 Ave have here the lists, with the localities at which the specimens 

 were obtained and a few other notes. Twenty-one known 

 species of birds are enumerated in the first paper, and forty- 

 six in the second. The specimens were obtained mostly in 

 the vicinity of Golungo Alto. 



8 1. Shelley's ' Birds of Africa! 



[The Birds of Africa, comprising all the Species which occur in the 

 Ethiopian Region. By G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., &c. Vol. IV. 

 pt. 1. London : Porter, 1905.] 



In the last-published volume of ' Birds of Africa ' (see 

 ' Ibis,' 1902, p. 670) Capt. Shelley finished the Fringillidae, 

 except one species (Linurgus concolor), which heads the 

 present contribution. The first part of the fourth volume is 

 entirely devoted to the Weaver-birds (Ploceidse), a numerous 

 and important group in the Ethiopian Ornis. Capt. Shelley 

 arranges them in three subfamilies— the Viduinse, Estreldinae, 

 and Ploceinse. The first two of these subfamilies are 

 treated in the present volume — the Viduinse containing 

 7 genera and 55 species, and the Estreldinae 16 genera and 

 1 1 2 species. 



One new genus is instituted, Chorestrida, for Pyteliaansorgei 

 Hartert and P. capistrata Hard. Seven coloured plates, 

 drawn by Gronvold, ornament this handsome volume, and 

 make us better acquainted with the following species : — 

 Pyromelana ladoensis, Coliuspasser soror, Urobrachyu 

 zanzibarica, U. affinis, Anomalosjnza rendalli, Estrelda 

 rhodopyga, E. vinacea, Coccopygui bucagei, Lagonostictu 

 cinereo-vinacea, L. rhodoparia, Pytelia citerior, Pyrenestes 

 minor, Cryptospiza jacksoni, and C. shelleyi. 



85. Sherborn on the Birds of Vroeg's Catalogue. 



[The new Species of Birds in Vroeg's Catalogue, 1764. By C. Davies 



Sherborn. Smiths. Misc. Coll. ii. p. 334 (1905).] 



In 1764 Adrian Vroeg printed at The Hague a sale-list of 

 a collection of birds, of which the only existing copy known 



