170 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Dr. O. Warburg, of Hamburg, in the province of Preanger, 

 in Western Java. He gives us a list of 93 species represented 

 in it and many good critical notes. 



10. Hartert on Birds from Mindoro, Philippines. 



[Die bisher bekannten Vogel von Mindoro, nebst Benierkimgea iiber 

 einige Yogel von anderen luseln der Philippineu-CTruppe. Vuu Ernst 

 Hartert. J. f. O. 1891 (April and Julj).] 



Herr B. Sclimacker, of Shanghai, visited Mindoro to col- 

 lect shells in the winter of 1888-89, and made also a collec- 

 tion of bird-skins. Some of his duplicates were sent to the 

 Senckenbergian Museum, and have been inserted in Herr 

 Hartert^s Catalogue of the birds of that institution (see Ibis, 

 1891, p. 615). On returning to Europe Herr Schmacker 

 brought his collection home and gave it to Herr Hartert for 

 determination. 



Our author has added to his list of Mindoro birds the 

 species attributed to this island by other authorities, and 

 especially by Dr. Steere {of. Ibis, 1891, p. 301), who has 

 described most of the new species. Besides this he gives 

 us many good critical notes and a prefatory sketch of what 

 is known of the birds of the Philippines'^. 



Herr Hartert's list contains Gt species, but there are cer- 

 tainly many more than that to be found in this well-wooded 

 island. 



11. Hornaday's Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting. 



[Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting, a complete Handbook for the 

 Amateur Taxidermist, Collector, Osteologist, Museum-Builder, Sportsman, 

 and Traveller. By William T. Ilornaday. With Chapters on Collecting 

 and Preserving Insects, by AV. J. Holland, Ph.D., D.I). Illustrated by 

 Charles Bradford Hudson and other artists. 24 Plates and 8o Text Illus- 

 trations. Pp. 362. Svo. London : 1891.] 



Mr. Hornaday is well known as an energetic collector and 

 taxidermist, who has had great opportunities of practising 



* In this sketch Herr Hartert seems to have omitted mention of 

 Dr. Steere's first expedition (1874-75) and the memoir on the birds by 

 Dr. Sharpe (Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. p. 307.] 



