263 Recently iJuhllshed Ornifhological Works. [Ibis, 



Messager Ornithologique. 



[Messager Ornithologique. Septieme ann€e, 1916. 4 nos., pp. 1-264, 

 Moscow.] 



Tlie four numbers of the Russian 'Messager OinitLo- 

 logique' for last year liave reached us regularly and contain 

 a number of papei's almost entirely restricted to the study 

 of the birds of the Russian Empire. Unfortunately, except 

 in the case of a few authors who provide resumeesin English 

 or (ierman, the language used is Russian, and we can only 

 indicate the titles of most of the papers. 



Of faunal papers the editor, Mr. Polialvov, completes his 

 account of the birds o£ the upper Irtysh valley. It has been 

 running through several volumes and is separately paged, 

 and will no doubt be issued as a separate volume later on, 

 Mr. E. I. Ispolatoff writes on the birds of the Government 

 Olonetz, Prince Alexander Koudashev on those of the Black 

 Sea Government and Mr. A. M. Kaminsky on those of the 

 jNIoscow Government. ]\Ir. Ingarinow lias two articles on 

 tlie birds of north-western Mongolia with a short German 

 summary, and Mr. Buturlin sends a seventh contribution 

 on the birds of Dssuri and the Coast Province between the 

 Amur river and the Japanese sea. He reviews the sub- 

 species of the Hazel Hen {Telrastes bonasla), of which he 

 recognises seven forms. Four of these are described for the 

 first time : T. b. kolymensis, T. b. umiirensis, 7\ b. volgensis, 

 and T. b. vssvriensis. 



Among other taxonomic papers ]\Ir, N. A. Zarudny reviews 

 the Swallows o£ Turkestan and describes as new, Riparia 

 riparia plu7nipes. The Siberian Jay (Perisoreus wfuustus) also 

 comes in for drastic subdivision at the hands of Mr. Buturlin, 

 who recognises six races, two of which are new— P. i. sak- 

 hullnensis from Saghalien and P. i. ruthcnus from Russia 

 and western Siberia. P. i. sibiricus is renamed P. i. yukut- 

 ensis, wdiilc the type form is confined to northern Scandinavia. 

 Prince A. Koudashew reviews the Russian Hawfinches and 

 recognises four races of the typical species as well as two 



