ISO Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Two new birds from a collection made by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott in the province of Trong, Lower Siam, are described 

 and named Stachyris chrysops and Oreocincla horsfieldi 

 affinis respectively. 



32. Richmond on a new Goatsucker. 



[Description of a new Subspecies of Stenopsis cayennensis from Curacao. 

 By Charles W. Richmond. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xv. p. 159 

 (1892).] 



The Stenopsis of Curacao is separated as a new subspecies, 

 S. cayennensis insularis, from a specimen sent to the U.S. 

 National Museum by Capt. Wirt Robinson. 



33. Richmond on neiv Birds from the Sumatran Islands. 



[Descriptions of Eight new Birds from Islands off the West Coast of 

 Sumatra. By Charles W. Richmond. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xv. 

 p. 187 (1902).] 



Dr. W. L. Abbott has forwarded to the U.S. National 

 Museum a collection of several hundred bird-skins from 

 various islands off the west coast of Sumatra. Amongst 

 them are examples of eight species presumed to be new, 

 which are described and named as follows : — Macropygia 

 simalurensis, Psittinus abbotti, Thripjonax parvus, and Hypo- 

 thymis consobrina, from Simalur Island ; Palaeornis major 

 and Hypothymis abbotti from Pulo Babi ; Malacpterun 

 notatum from Pulo Bang-karu ; and Stachyris bangakensis 

 from Pulo Tuanku. 



34. Rothschild on Birds from Russian Turkestan. 



[List of a Collection of Birds made south of the Issik-kul in Russian 

 Turkestan. By the Hon. Walter Rothschild. Nov. Zool. ix. p. 161.] 



A collection made by Mr. A. Tancre in Anklarn, south of 

 Lake Issik-kul, contained examples of 68 species, among 

 which were some of considerable interest. Notes on these 

 and their allies are furnished. Mr. Rothschild maintains 

 the distinctness of the Eastern Missel-Thrush as a sub- 

 species — Turdus viscivorus bonapartei. 



