172 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



culars. Chmncea is fully discussed. In its cranial cha- 

 racters it is " much like Psaltriparus," while its shoulder- 

 girdle and pelvic girdle are " decidedly Wren-like/^ The 

 conclusion is that it should have an " intermediate position,*' 

 as indicated in the name '' Wren -Tit/' 



14. Lucas on the Tongue of the Trochilidse. 



[On the Structure of the Tongue in the Humming-bird. By Frederic 

 A. Lucas. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 169 (1891).] 



Mr. Lucas has examined the tongue in 13 species of Hum- 

 ming-birds, and gives us a general description of its struc- 

 ture, illustrated by enlarged figures. The differences in the 

 various forms examined are small ; and if *' exceptions exist, 

 they will most likely be found in the Phaethornithinae." Mr. 

 Lucas shows that the " tubular part of the tongue exists 

 only for a short distance towards the anterior end, so that 

 the common statement that the tongue of the Humming- 

 bird consists of two parallel muscular tubes is quite er- 

 roneous.'* 



15. Meyer on a singular Variety of the Partridge. 



[Eine seltene Varietiit des Rephuhnes, Perdix cinerea. Von A. B. 

 Meyer. J. f. O. 1891, p. 271.] 



Dr. Meyer describes a singular variety of the Common 

 Partridge of a generally uniform dark greyish-brown colour, 

 from a specimen shot near Gleichenberg by King Milan of 

 Servia, and sent to the Dresden Museum. It seems to agree 

 nearly with a dark variety of this bird described by batterer 

 in 1833. 



16. O/phe-Galliard on the Birds of the Environs of Lyons. 



[Catalogue des Oiseaux des Environs de Lyon. Par L6on Olphe- 

 Galliard. 8vo. Lyon: 1891. Pp.54.] 



In 1855 M. Olphe-Galliard published in ' Naumannia ' 

 an article on the birds of the environs of Lyons. After an 

 interval of 35 years he now reprints liis notes, with additions 

 and alterations. The present catalogue contains a record of 



