Recently published Ornithological Works. 457 



specimens living in the Zoological Society's Gardens, for 

 the illustration of a special series of articles upon new 

 additions to the Society's Menagerie. Some acknowledg- 

 ment might have been made of this fact, and Smit's name 

 should, in our opinion, have been mentioned. 



72. Girtanner on the Bearded Vulture in Switzerland. 



[Die I^ammergeier in den Scliweizeralpen und in den Zeitungen. Von 

 Dr. A. Girtanner.] 



This little paper^ which will be of special interest to stu- 

 dents of the Eui'opean Ornis, gives us the verdict of a well- 

 known authority that Gypaetus barbntus must be pronounced 

 to be extinct in Switzerland, though it may, of course, again 

 occur there accidentally. The report in newspapers of its 

 recent occurrences are all unreliable. An old mateless female 

 killed by poison on the Bietschhorn in 1886, and a specimen 

 captured in Canton Ticino in 1869, seem to have been the 

 last two individuals procured, though there are reports of 

 Bearded Vultures having been seen since. 



73. Hartert on Birds from Uganda and Unyoro. 



[On the Birds collected by Dr. Ausorge during his recent stay in 

 Africa. By Ernst Hartert. Appendix to ' Under the African Sun,' by 

 W. J. Ansorge. London : Heinemann, 1899.] 



To Dr. Ansorge's interesting account of his experiences in 

 Uganda and British East Africa, as an Officer in the IVIedical 

 Service of the Government (which we recommend all our 

 friends interested in these countries to read), JVEr. Hartert 

 contributes an Appendix on the birds which Dr. Ansorge 

 collected in Uganda, Unyoro, and on the route up from 

 IVIombasa and down again, which he traversed several 

 times. 



The birds collected by Dr. Ansorge, which are all depo- 

 sited in the Tring IVIuseum, are referred to 216 species, of 

 which Numida ansorgei, Colius leucotis berlepschi, Cinnyris 

 ansorgei, and Pyromelana ansorgei are characterized as new. 

 Many critical notes on other species are given, and the 



