Recently published Ornithological Works. 331 



eluded Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwick- 

 shire, Staffordshii-e, and Shropshire in his subject. Within 

 these limits the presence of only 200 species of birds has 

 been as yet recorded, but more, no doubt, remain to be 

 added. We agree with the author that tbe alleged occur- 

 rence of the Abyssinian Roller in Great Britain is exceedingly 

 doubtful, and we are not surprised that the compilers of the 

 B. O. U. List did not even allude to it. 



.34. Butler on the Birds of Indiana. 



[The Birds uf ladiana, with Ilhistrations of many of the Species. 

 Prepared for the Indiana Horticultural Society, and originally published 

 in its Transactions for 1890. By Amos W. Butler. 8vo. Brookville : 

 1891. Pp. 135.] 



This is a list of the birds of Indiana, originally published 

 as an appendix to the ' Transactions of the Indiana Horti- 

 cultural Society ' for 1890. It is illustrated with woodcuts 

 taken from Coues^s ' Key.'' The Act of the General As- 

 sembly of the State '^ for the protection of Birds, their nests 

 and. eggs,""^ is prefixed, also a Bibliography of previous works 

 on the subject. The arrangement and nomenclature are 

 that of the code of the A. O. U. The recognized, species of 

 birds of Indiana are 305, besides 79 " hypothetical.^' 



35. BUttikofer on Birds from Flores, Samao, and Timor. 



[On a Collection of Birds from Flores, Samao, and Timor. By J. BUt- 

 tikofer. Notes Leyden Mus. xiii. p. 210.] 



Mr. Biittikofer gives us an account of a small collection 

 of birds made in the islands of Flores, Samao, and Timor by 

 Dr. H. ten Kate. They are referred to 29 species. Tropido- 

 rhynchus neylectus, from Flores, Sumbawa, and (probably) 

 Lombok, is separated, as a new sj)ecies, from T. timoriensis. 



36. Chapman on the Avifauna of the Bahamas. 



The Origin of the Avifauna of the Bahamas. By Frank M. Chapman, 

 uer. Nat. 1891, p. 528.] 



Mr. Chapman discusses the avifauna of the Bahamas in a 



