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was fruitful in many ways. Mr. Blanford has wisely divided 

 his book into thx'ee parts, " Personal Narrative," " Geology/' 

 and " Zoology/' in the last of which ornithology occupies a 

 prominent position. He obtained specimens of 293 species, 

 six of which were new. Five of these he described last year 

 in the 'Annals of Natural History;^ but in the publication of 

 the sixth he was forestalled by Dr. von Heuglin {cf. Zool. Rev. 

 vi. pp. 80, 81). All six, however, together with another — 

 Eremomela griseiflava, Heugl., are here beautifully figured by 

 Mr. Keulemans. They are Hirundo csthiopica, Phijlloscopus 

 abt/ssinicus, Ruticilla (?) fuscicaudata, Alauda prceterinissa, Cri- 

 thagra flavivertex and Pratincola semitorquata, Heugl. The 

 observations on these and all the remaining species are well 

 worth the attention of ornithologists ; and the whole book is 

 alike creditable to the author, the Bombay government, under 

 whose oi'ders he was acting, and the military authorities who 

 gave him opportunity for his operations. 



Of the ' Monograph of the Capitonidce ' ■^, which we had the 

 pleasure of announcing at the beginning of the year [supra, 

 p. 156), we have received four parts, and they well carry out 

 the expectations that were entertained of them. A recent 

 paper by the authors on the classification of this family, pub- 

 lished in the Zoological 'Proceedings' (1870, pp. 117-120), 

 shows very clearly their views ; and we must congratulate them 

 upon their moderation — it has only been necessary to found one 

 new genus ! This is for the reception of Buccanodon anchietce, 

 Bocage (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 436), which, having the rictal bristles 

 rudimentary or wanting, the tomia smooth, and the culmen 

 swollen, differs sufficiently from other forms to justify its sepa- 

 ration as the type of a new one, to which the name of Stacto- 

 Icema is applied. On the other hand the genus Buccanodon is 

 altogether dropped, it being so vei*y similar to Xylobucco, which 

 is the older name. The groups Eubucco, Cyanops, and Chorotea 



* A Monograpli of the Capitonidce, or Scansorial Barbets. By 0. H, 

 T. Marshall, F.Z.S., Bengal Staff Corps ; and G. F. L. Marshall, 

 F.Z.S., Royal Bengal Engineers. The plates drawn and lithographed by 

 M. Keulemans. Parts i.-iv. London : 1870. 



