Recently published Ornithological Works. 145 



d'Histoire naturelle et provenant de la Chine et de I'lndo-Cliine. Par 

 M. E. Oustalet. Bull. Mus. d'Hist. nat. 1806, no. 7.] 



The following new sjiecies are described : — Carpococcyx 

 renauldi from Ann am ; Pitta [Hydrornis] annamensis from 

 Aniiam; Cryptidopha dejeani ivovaTdi-t^ienAou. in Setcliuan; 

 Gennaus edwardsi from Annam; and Arboricola henrici from 

 Tonkin and Annam. The discovery of new species of Carpo- 

 coccyx, Pitta, and GentKBus is of great interest. 



22. Oustalet on Birds from Indo-China. 



[Catalogue des Oiseaux recueillis par M. le Comte de Bartli^Iemy dans 

 le cours de son dernier voyage en Indo-Chine. Par M. E. Oustalet. 

 Bull. Mus. d'Hist. nat. 1898, no. 1.] 



This is a list of 69 of the species of birds represented in. 

 the collection made by Comte de Barthelemy during his 

 expedition from Tonquin up the Mekong into China, accom- 

 panied, by field-notes of the collector and exact localities. 



23. Oustalet on the Struthiones. 



[Catalogue sommaire des Oiseaux de I'Ordre des Brevipennes qui 

 figment dans les galeries du Museum. Par M. E. Oustalet. Nouv. Arch, 

 du Mus. Paris, ser. 3, viii. p. 261 (1800).] 



This is a list of the specimens of Struthiones in the gallery 

 of the Paris Museum. The most remarkable of them is the 

 unique specimen of Dromaus ater Vieill. Good coloured 

 figures are given of Casuarius occipitalis and C. laglaizei. 



24. Oustalet on Birds from British Central Africa. 



[Catalogue des Oiseaux recueillis par M. Foa dans la region des Grands 

 Lacs, immediatement au nord du Zambeze moyen. Par M. E. Oustalet. 

 Bull. Mus. d'Hist. nat. 1898, no. 2, p. 58.] 



The collection of birds recently sent to the Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris by M. Foa, the French explorer, 

 contains specimens which are referred by M. Oustalet to 

 54 species. Of these a list is given, accompanied by 

 the field-notes of the collector. No exact localities are 

 added, and the " region " stated in the title of the article is 

 rather vague, but we believe that M. Foa's explorations were 



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