404 RecentJij puhUshed Ornithological Works. 



82. Reichenow on the Birds of the Trangi Expedition. 



[Die niittleren Hochlander dos nordlichen Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Wissen- 

 schaftliche Er^ebnisse der Irangi-Expedition 1896-97, nebst kurzer 

 Reisebescbveibung. Im Auftrage der Irangi-Gesellscbaft heraiisgegeben 

 von dem P'lihrer der Expedition C. Waldsmar Werther. 4to. Berlin : 

 Hermann Paetel, 1898.] 



Among the many valuable scientific contributions to 

 Herr Premier-Lieutenant C. Walderaar Werther^s recently 

 published narrative of the ' Irangi-Expedition ' (during 

 which the northern highlands of the interior of German 

 East- Africa were explored) is a memoir by Prof. Reichenow 

 on the birds collected during the expedition. The specimens 

 are referred to about 45 species, amongst which one [Pyro- 

 melana wertheri) was new to science, but had been already 

 described (Oru. Monatsb. 1897, p. 160). In the course of 

 the remarks given in the present volume Terpsiphone perspi- 

 cillata suahe/ica, from East Africa, and T. p. plumbeiceps and 

 Melanobucco torquatus congicus, from Western Africa, are 

 designated as new subspecies. 



At the close of his account of the collection made during 

 the Irangi Expedition Prof. Reichenow gives a list of about 

 70 species of birds to be added to the avifauna of German 

 East Africa since the publication of his ' Vogel Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr.kas ' in 1894. 



83. Schalow on Birds from Chile and Patagonia. 



[Die ViJgel der Sammlung Plate. Von Herman Schalow. Zool. 

 Jahrb., Suppl. iv. Heft 3, 1898.] 



In this memoir we have an account of the birds collected 

 by Prof. Plate in Chile, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and 

 the Falkland Islands, and transmitted to the Berlin Museum. 

 From localities so well worked it was not to be expected 

 that novelties would be procured ; but the series of 335 

 specimens, which are referred to 148 species, gives ample 

 opportunities for the valuable notes and critical remarks of 

 Herr Schalow. Several additions are made to the lists of 

 the birds of Chile and Patagonia, and important accessions 

 to the ornis of Tierra del Fuego are reported. We do not. 



