622 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



94. Hellmayr on Ornithology in 1904, 



[Archiv fiir IS aturgescliiclite. Siebzigster Jahr. ii. Band, i. Heft. Aves 

 fur 1904. Von C. E. Hellmayr. Berlin, 1908.] 



The Reports on the progress of the various branches of 

 Zoology which form the second volume of each year's issue 

 of the well-known ' Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte/ founded 

 by Wiegraann some seventy years ago^ have fallen much into 

 arrear of late years, but the present Editor, Dr. Weltner, 

 seems to be determined to bring them up to date. As 

 regards the ^^Aves," with which section we are specially 

 concerned, he could hardly have made a better selection 

 than Herr Hellmayr, who is the author of the Report for 

 1904, as he was of that for 1903. At the same time we 

 must call attention to the fact that the German Zoological 

 Record is still several years behind the British Record, of 

 which we noticed the issue for 1906 in our last number"^, 



Mr. Hellmayr's report for 1904 seems to be exhaustive 

 and accurate. It has called our attention to several papers 

 which we had overlooked. His short abstracts are very 

 useful. But we wish that he had commenced with a complete 

 list of titles, as is done in our Record. We hope soon to 

 receive similar records for 1905 and 1906. 



95. Hellmayr on the Birds of Goyaz, Brazil. 



[An Account of the Birds collected by Mons. G. A. Baer in the State 

 of Goyaz, Brazil. By C. E. Hellmayr. Nov. Zool. xv. p. 13 (1908).] 



The remote Brazilian State of Goyaz, which lies between 

 IMinas and Matto Grosso, has not been often visited by the 

 zoologist. It was first explored by Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, and 

 was afterwards traversed by the famous collector Natterer, 

 on his way to JVlatto Grosso. Castelnau and Deville and 

 Professor Behn made collections in Goyaz, but in neither 

 case were they properly worked out. Monsieur Baer, who 

 has given an account of his journey in the 'Bulletin du 

 IMusee d^Histoire Naturelle ^ (xiii. p. 28, 1907), collected 

 during his sojourn in Goyaz upwards of 800 bird-skins, 



* See " Sharpe on the Ornithological Literature of 1906 ", above p. 539. 



