642 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



only obtained or recognised examples of 16 kinds of birds, 

 the island being apparently very poor in individuals as well 

 as in species of this Class. 



The authors now give us an account of these birds, and 

 describe as new Sala etesiaca (allied to S. leucog astro), Uru- 

 bitinga subtilis, Thamnophilus gorgona?, Cyanerpes gigas, and 

 Ccereba gorgona. 



What the Humming-bird called by the authors " Amizilis 

 tzaeatl" may be it is difficult to say. Those who revive and 

 employ these obsolete and remarkable terms should, at any 

 rate, add the generally used name of the species for the 

 information of their less-learned brethren. 



112. Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen on the Ornithological Litera- 

 ture of the Austrian Empire. 



Ornithologische Literatur Osterreich-Ungarna and des Oecupation- 

 gebietes, 1903. Von Victor Ritter v. Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen. Verh. 

 zool.-bot. Ges. zu Wien, L905.] 



This useful list, now apparently established as an annual 

 publication, gives a complete alphabetical catalogue of the 

 titles of the books and papers relating to Ornithology pub- 

 lished in Austria-Hungary and the Occupied Provinces 

 during 1903. As many of these papers are written in the 

 Hungarian, Czech, Croatian, and Slovenian languages, it 

 is very convenient to have an understandable translation of 

 their titles in German. 



113. l Verhandlungen' of the Ornithological Society of 

 Bavaria. 



Verhandlungen der ornithologischen Gesellschaft in Bayern (fort- 

 setzung der Jahresberichte der ornithologischen Vereins Munehen). 

 Band IV. In Auftrage der Gesellschaft herausgegeben von Dr. rued. C. 

 Parrot. 8vo. Miinche, 1904. 184 pp.] 



The former " Ornithologische Verein Miinchen " has now 

 changed its name to the " Ornithologischei Gesellschaft in 

 Bayern," and, as will be remarked, has also slightly altered 

 the title of its periodical organ. The fourth volume of the 

 old ' Jahresberichte ' is, therefore, become the first of the 



