150 Recenthj published Ornithological Works. 



altogether 290 species (referred to 98 genera) are comprised 

 iu this volume. Only 10 out of these species are unrepre- 

 sented in the British Museum. 



There appear to be only four new generic terms intro- 

 duced for the first time in this volume, namely : — Noxo- 

 PHOYX (Sharpe), Tigkornis (Sharpe), Heterocnus (Sharpe), 

 and MiCRTTRiA (Grant). The new species characterized are 

 Melanophoyx vinaceigula Sharpe, Tigrisoma balme Sharpe, 

 Phalacrocorax stewarti Grant, and Phaethon americanus 

 Grant. The name Ardea picata, being preoccupied, is pro- 

 posed by Dr. Sharpe to be altered to Nutophoyx flavirostris 

 (see p. 654) . The following species are figured : — Phoyx 

 manillensis , Melanophoyx vinaceigula, Notophoyx aruensis, 

 Nyctanassa pauper, Butorides spodiogaster, Tigrisoma bahia, 

 Dapetor nesophilus, D. melas, Erytlirojihoyx ivoodfordi, 

 E. prfBtermissa, Plialacrocorax steivarti, Pelecanus thagus, 

 Phaethon indicus, Tachybaptes capensis, and T. albipennis. 



AVe append (p. 151) a list of the 27 volumes of the '' Great 

 Catalogue of Birds," showing their contents, authors, dates, 

 and the numbers of the genera and species treated of in 

 each of them. 



It will be observed that the total number of species of 

 birds regarded as valid in the 27 volumes is 11,617. 



31. Vorderman on Birds from the Moluccas. 



[Moluliken-Vogels. Door A. G. Vordenuiin. Natuurk. Tijcls. Nedeii. 

 Indie, Iviii. Afl. '2, j). 1G9.] 



The author gives an account of a collection made for him 

 by his hunters in the Moluccas — Ternate, Batchian, Halma- 

 heira, Ceram, Bourou, Amboina, Banda, and some other 

 islands. Among the 109 species to which the specimens 

 are referred, one — Chalcococcyx nieuwenhuisi, from Gaui, on 

 the south-west coast of Halmaheira — is described as new. 



32. Vorderman on Lophura nobilis. 



\_Lo]}hura nohilis, Sclat., de Fazant van Bangka. Door A. G. Vorder- 

 man. Natuurk. Tijds. Nederl. Indie, Iviii. Ati. 2.J 



Hcrr Vorderman slioAVS that the representative of the 



