Recently published Ornithological Works. 329 



St. Thomas, which lies nearly under the line, on the west 

 coast of Africa, in 1890, and obtained examples of 44 species 

 of birds, which are enumerated in this paper*. Lanius {Fiscus) 

 newtoni is described as new. Besides these 44 species, 14 

 others are known to be found on this island, so that the avi- 

 fauna embraces at least 58 species. Of these several are 

 restricted to the island. 



29. Bendire on Collecting Birds' Eggs. 



LDirectiona for Collecting-, Preparing, and Preserving Birds' Eggs and 

 Nests. By Charles Bendire. Part D of Bull. U.S. Nat. Miis. no. 29.] 



This is an excellent companion to Mr. Ridgway^s Direc- 

 tions for collecting birds, of which we liave already spoken 

 (see above, p. 175). It has been prepared by one of the 

 leading American authorities on the subject, and cannot fail 

 to be useful to oologists in every country. The author 

 commences, we are pleased to see, with insisting on the primary 

 importance of the careful identification of all specimens of 

 eggs, a point not always sufficiently considered, we fear, by 

 young collectors. 



30. Blasius on Birds at the German Light- Stations. 



[Vogellebeu an den Deutscben Leuclitthiirmen, 1885-1890. Von Pro- 

 fessor Dr. Rudolf Blasius. 8vo. Wien: 1891. Pp.248.] 



Dr. R. Blasius sends us a set of his reports on the birds 

 met with at the German light-stations in the Baltic and on 

 the coast of the North Sea, altogether 40 in number, which 

 deserve a few lines of commendation. The first report pub- 

 lished was for 1885 — those for 1889 and 1890 are given in the 

 last article. They contain a mass of information about our 

 migratory species, which, however, will become more generally 

 available when some sort of analysis or resume is made of 

 them. This will, no doubt, ultimately be done. 



* Cf. notices of previous papers on this subject. Ibis, 1888, p. 301, and 

 1890, p. 248. 



