Recently published Ornithological Works. 537 



But to which form do the specimens referred to G. rueppelli 

 by tlie South Africiin oruithologists belong ? The examples 

 brought alive to the Zoological Society's Gardens from Egypt 

 (see P. Z. S. 1896^ p. 609) were, we believe, of the typical 

 form. One of them is still living in the Regent's Park. 



72. Salvadori on Birds from Erythrcea. 



[Uccelli dell Eritrea raccolti clal Signer Ilario Capomazza, studiati da 

 T. Salvadori. Auu. Mus. Civ. di Stor. Nat. di Genova, ser. 3, vol. iii. 

 1908.] 



This is an account of a collection of Birds made in the 

 Italian Colony of Erythrsea (1906-7) by Signor Ilario Capo- 

 mazza. It contains about 600 specimens, referable to 132 

 species. There are no actual novelties in it, but attention is 

 called to the occurrence of Monticola solitarius (new to 

 Africa), Phoimcurus ruficentris (new to Erythraea), and to 

 the total absence of Larks (Alaudidse). Sterna albujena, 

 Tinnunculus arthwri^ and Irrisor abyssinicus are also rarities. 



73. Sassi on some Birds from the Canaries. 



[Einige Bemerkungen zur Ornis der canarischen Inselu. Von Dr. 

 Moritz Sassi, Wien. Orn. Jahrb. 1908, xix. p. 30.] 



Not long ago it was held that the birds of the Canaries, 

 with a few exceptions, might be considered identical Avith 

 European species. The studies of the " new school," however, 

 have already resulted in the separation of many of them as 

 subspecifically distinct. Dr. Sassi now adds two more to the 

 list of Canarian subspecies — namely, Calandrella minor dis- 

 tincta (Grand Canary) and CEdicnemus cedicnemus insularum 

 (Canaries generally). On the other hand, he is not disposed 

 to allow that the so-called Emberiza culandra thanneri and 

 Sylvia melanocephala leucogastra are separable from their 

 European representatives. He is also very doubtful as to 

 the alleged existence of two forms of the Canarian Raven 

 (Corvus cor ax canariensis) and two forms of the Canarian 

 Kestrel {Tinnunculus canariensis) in different islands of the 

 archipelago. 



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