128 Recently published Ornithological JVorks. 



referred by Gould (B. Austr.) to M. leucopterus Q. et G., has 

 been wrongly identified, and should be called Malurus 

 cyanotus Gould (Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 331, 1885), an alterna- 

 tive name proposed in case the bird of New South Wales 

 should prove to be distinct. M. edouardi, recently described 

 as new (Campbell, Vict. Nat. xvii. p. 203), is probably the 

 same as the true M. leucopterus. 



28. Oberholser on the Horned Larks. 



[A Review of the Larks of the Genus Otocoris. By Harry C. Ober- 

 holser. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. pp. 801-884, 1902.] 



Mr. Oberholser reviews the species of Larks of the genus 

 Otocorys (which he persists in mis-spelling Otocoris), and 

 gives us a useful and instructive paper, although we can 

 hardly believe that it would be possible to distinguish 

 examples of some of his subspecies satisfactorily. The 

 author allows only six species of the genus — 0. alpestris, 

 0. atlas (doubtfully), O. longirostris, 0. bilopha, 0. peni- 

 cillata, and O. berlepschi, but " chops up " O. alpestris into 

 twenty-three, 0. longirostris into four, and 0. penicillata 

 into five subspecies. Our North-European species is called 

 0. alpesti'is flava, while the name 0. alpestris alpestris 

 is assigned to the North-American bird. Now no one 

 would accuse our friend Dr. Bowdler Sharpe of being a 

 " lumper," yet he quotes with approval (Cat. B. xiii. p. 544) 

 the dictum of Mr. Henshaw that " the large Horned Lark of 

 N. Europe cannot be separated from that of N. America." 

 Mr. Oberholser is of the contrary opinion, and this may 

 perhaps make us hesitate to accept some of his seven new 

 subspecies (00. aa. arcticola, enthymia, diaphora, actia, am- 

 mophila, aphrasta, and leucansiptila from various parts of the 

 North-American Continent) without further enquiry. 



29. Pigott on London Birds. 



[London Birds and other Sketches. By T. Digby Pigott, C.B., 

 M.B.O.U. New Edition, revised and enlarged. London : Edward 

 Arnold, 1902. 8vo. 256 pp. Price 6s.] 



Mr. Digby Pigott kindly sends us a copy of the new 



