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Chichen-Itza, iu the north-ceutral part of the pcuiusula^ in 

 March 1896. Mr. Chapman states that he follows the classifi- 

 cation of the ' Biologia ' " as a matter of conveuicnce/' bnt 

 has altered the names there used to accord with the system 

 of nomenclature of the Check-list of the A.O.U., and has 

 introduced a few corrections, for which reasons are given. 

 A new generic term, " Agriocharis" is proposed for the 

 Ocellated Turkey, Meleagris ocellata (for which we do not 

 see the necessity !). A useful list of the principal authorities 

 on the birds of Yucatan is appended. 



71. Don aid son- Smith on '' Unknown Africa." 



[Through Unknown African Countries — the first Expedition from 

 Somalilaiid to Lake Eudolf. By A. Donaldson-Smith, M.U., F.IJ.G.S. 

 Edward Arnold : London, 1897. 1 vol.] 



In this volume Dr. Donaldson-Smith gives us a capital 

 account of his adventurous journey from Somaliland to 

 Lake Rudolf and back to the coast at Lamoo. The narrative 

 is, moreover, rendered easy to follow by the excellent set of 

 maps (prepared for the author by the Royal Geographical 

 Society) that accompany it, with dates affixed to every 

 stopping-place throughout the journey. 



The birds collected during the first part of the expedition — 

 that is, until the party were driven back to the Shebeyli by 

 the Abyssinians — were sent home by Mr. Gillett, and a good 

 account of them has been given by Dr. Sharpe before the 

 Zoological Society^. We suppose that the collection made 

 during the subsequent journey from the Shebeyli to Lake 

 Rudolf and thence to the coast will be worked out iu 

 America. 



There are not many references to birds in the present 

 volume, but the discovery of Turacus donaldsoni, Sharpe, 

 in the high country on the Abyssinian frontier near Sheik 

 Mohammed is recorded and an uncoloured figure is given. 

 The new Lark from the Shebeyli {Alaudida somalica) is also 



* " On a Collection of Birds made by Dr. A. Donaldson-Smith during 

 his recent Expedition in Western Somaliland." By R. Bjwdler Sharpe. 

 P Z. S. 189o, p. 457. 



