416 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



coloured group of Dicceum, in which the sexes are dressed 

 alike. 



76. Finsch on Two new Javan Birds. 



[Ueber zwei neue Vo°;elarten von Java. Von Dr. O. Finsch. Notes 

 Leyden Mus. xxiii. pp. 147-152.] 



The two new birds from Java are Caprimulgus bartelsi and 

 Crithagra estherce. The Caprimulgus is named after Herr 

 Bartels, a planter resident at Pangerango, near Pasir Datar, 

 in Western Java, who is very active in ornithological work 

 and was the discoverer of both the novelties. Herr Bartels 

 is the author of the most recent list of Javan birds (see " Zur 

 Ornis Javas/' in Natuurk. Tijdschr. v. Ned. Ind. lxi. p. 129), 

 in which 239 species are enumerated. 



77. Finsch on Two Species of Centropus. 



[Ueber zwei bislier verkannte Arten : Centropus nigrorufus (Cuv.) 

 und C. (jrilli Hartl. Von Dr. 0. Finsch. Notes Leyden Mns. xxiii. 

 pp. 156-161.] 



It is well known that Levaillant described and figured, 

 in his ' Oiseaux d'Afrique/ many birds which were entirely 

 strange to South Africa, and in some instances even gave 

 alleged particulars concerning their exact localities and 

 nesting-habits. Such was the case with a species of Cen- 

 tropus — his ec Coucal Noirou" (pi. 220), which Dr. Finsch 

 now shews was really based on a Javan and Sumatran 

 species called C. purpureus in the British Museum Catalogue 

 (xix. p. 348). This bird, therefore, ought to bear the name 

 C. nigrorufus Cuv., whereas the African species of Coucal, 

 often known under the latter name (if distinct from C. ben- 

 galensis, which is doubtful), should be termed C. grilli 

 Hartl. 



78. Fisher on a new Tern. 



[A new Procelsterna from the Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Group. By 

 Walter K. Fisher. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvi. pp. 559-563 (1903).] 



The author describes what appears to be a decidedly new 

 species of the genus Procelsterna, or (as we should prefer to 



