On the * Ornithologie Nor dust -Afrika's.' 421 



gibus nigris ; cauda cyanea : subtus latissime ochracea ex 

 toto fasciata; rostro nigro. 

 Hab. Java. 



Miiller described and named this species some years before 

 Gmeliu bestowed on it the appellation by which it has generally 

 been known. 



31. Pitta schwaneri. 



Pitta schwaneri, Temm. Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxx. 

 Rufo-olivacea : capite nigro, vittis superciliaribus aureo-flavis ; 



pectore lateribusque aureo-ilavis, cseruleo-lineatis ; cauda 



abdomineque azureis ; rostro nigro. 

 Hab. Borneo. 



-Y 32. Pitta boschi. "^A^-m^- 



Pitta boschi, S. Miill. & Schleg. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 Ind. pi. 5 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxxi. 



liufo-olivacea : vittis superciliaribus pectoralibusque flavo-au- 

 rantiacis ; collari lato nigro ; gula alba ; abdomine et cauda 

 cyaneis; rostro nigro. 

 Hab. Sumatra, Malacca. 



XXX. Critical Remarks on Dr. von Heuglin's ' Ornithologie 

 Nor dost- Afrika's: By R. B. Sharpe, F.L.S., Libr. 

 Z.S., &c. 



The work on the ornithology of North-Eastern Africa, of which 

 Dr. von Heuglin^s many papers in the ' Journal fiir Ornitholo- 

 gie/ have been the precursors, has at length appeared*; and I 

 take the present opportunity of offering to the readers of ' The 

 Ibis ' a few remarks on the thirteen Lieferungen now pub- 

 lished, the last of which has only just reached this country. 

 Many of the suggestions I shall have to make are due to Messrs. 

 Gurney and Tristram, to whom I accordingly beg leave to tender 

 my thanks. All ornithologists must gladly welcome Dr. von 

 Heuglin^s work as a very valuable addition to our knowledge of 

 the avifauna of the Ethiopian region ; and his long personal ex- 

 perience in North-Eastern Africa has given him the advantage 



* {Vide antca, p. 127.— Ed.] 



