Recently published Ornithological Works. 615 



namely, N. c. caryocatactes, N. c. relicta, N. c. macro- 

 rhyncJiOS, aud N. c. japonicus, the last beiug a new sub- 

 species from N. Japan and the Kuriles. The genus Ctrthia is, 

 as Mr, Hartert truly says, a '' much-hunted ground." Here, 

 however, our friend again adds a new subspecies — Cfamiliaris 

 japonica, and recognizes 7 species ; one o£ these divided into 

 10 and another into 2 subspecies ! Our familiar British 

 species is to be C /. brittannica [sic], but we cannot bring 

 ourselves to spell Britain with two t's, because the original 

 author of the name did not spell it correctly. As regards 

 the two genera of Larks (more hunted than even Certhia) we 

 will ask those interested in these difficult birds to read our 

 author's notes and consult his tables — observing merely that 

 in the latter genus he makes three new names r Galerida 

 cristata delta (from Lower Egypt) ; G. cristata superflua 

 (from Tunis) = G. pallida, Whitaker ; and G. ellioti (from 

 Somaliland) = G. pallida, Elliot. 



No. 98. After visiting Java, Bali, Lombok, Sambawa, and 

 Sumba, Mr. Doherty proceeded to Celebes, and made a short 

 expedition up Bonthain Peak, where about half his collection 

 was made at a height of 5000 feet. He then collected in the 

 low country north of Macassar in July 1896, and passed the 

 two following months near Palvo Bay, in West Celebes. 

 Mr. Hartert gives us separate lists of the birds obtained in 

 these three localities. On Bonthain Peak examples of 

 46 species were procured, and in commenting on these 

 Mr. Hartert introduces two new subspecies : Cinnyris fre- 

 nata meyeri (from North Celebes), and C. f. salayerensis 

 from the Salayer Islands. 



The 50 skins collected in the low country north of 

 Macassar are mostly referable to well-known species, but 

 Mr. Hartert mentions 12 as of interest, among which are 

 specimens of Siphia rujigula, Monachalcyon capucinus, and 

 Phlogoenas bimaculata. The birds collected near Palos Bay 

 are referred to 65 species, amongst which Munia subcastanea, 

 Monachalcyon monachus intermedius, and Cacatua sulphurea 

 djampeana are described as new. 



In No. 99 Mr. Hartert describes the following 7 new 



