Recently published Orait hological Works. 383 



53. Van Oorfs ' Osteological Catalogue.^ 



[Catalogue Ostgologique des Oiseaux. Par E. D. Van Oort. Mus. 

 d'Uist. 2sat. des Pays-Bas. Tome x. premiere partie. Leiden, 1907. 8vo, 

 384 pp.] 



This is a catalogue of the osteological specimens of birds 

 in the National Museum at Leyrlen. It enumerates 3300 

 skeletons, 56 parts of skeletons, and 446 craniums, repre- 

 senting altogether 1794 species. It will be useful for 

 naturalists who are working on the osteology of birds. It 

 follows generally Sharpe's ' Hand-list of Birds ' in nomen- 

 clature and Gadow's systematic arrangement. There are 

 14 plates of skeletons taken from photogi-aphs. 



54. Von Ihering on the Birds of Brazil. 



[Catalogos de Fauna Brazileira editado.=; pelo Museu Paulista, S. Paulo, 

 Brazil. Vol. I. As Aves do Brazil, pelo Prof. Dr. Ilerniaun Von Ihering, 

 Director do 3Iuseu Paulista, e Rodolpho Von Ihering, Gustos do Museu 

 Paulista. 1 vol, 8vo, 486 pp. Sao Paulo, 1907.] 



This is the first of a series of " Catalogues '■* (somewhat 

 after the fashion of the American ' Check-list') which has 

 been planned by Dr. Hermann von Ihering, the Director of 

 the Museu Paulista at STio Paulo. The series will contain a 

 synopsis of the Brazilian species of the successive groups of 

 animals treated of in the various volumes. In preparing 

 the present volume Dr. von Ihering has been aided by his son 

 Rodolpho von Ihering, who, during his father's temporary 

 absence, is in charge of the Museum. 



The work enumerates the titles of all the birds as yet 

 known, on good authority, to have been met with within the 

 confines of Brazil, 1559 in number, to which a certain 

 number of "addenda" are made at the close of the List. 

 After the name under each species is given a reference to 

 the authority for its occurrence in Brazil, a short account of 

 its distribution, and a record of the exact localities from 

 which specimens have been received by the Museu Sao 

 Paulo. This is, indeed, a very useful piece of work, and will 

 be of great assistance to uuturali'sts who are studying the 



