Recently published Ornithological Works. 103 



of other humerij coracoidsj tibiae, &c. of Alca impennis, were 

 found along with fragmentary bones of mammals and fishes 

 and other aquatic birds in excavating the mound of Caisteal- 

 nan-Gillean on Oronsay, in Argyllshire. The remains are 

 evidently of kitchen-midden origin. 



11. ' Guide to the Gould-Collection of Humming-birds' 



- - [A Guide to tlie Gould-Oollection of Humming-birds in the British 

 Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees. 1881. Price Twopence.] 



Though this Guide is dated 1881, we believe it was not 

 sold in the bird-gallery of the British Museum (where our 

 copy was purchased) until May or June 1882. After a pre- 

 liminary essay on the group of a popular character, illustrated 

 by a map of the distribution, a 'Mist of species exhibited^' 

 follows, prepared, we are told, by Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. 

 Mr. Elliot's classification in his well-known synopsis is fol- 

 lowed. The cases are 66 in number. The total number of 

 specimens of Humming-birds in the Gould-Collection, as we 

 are informed in the Parliamentary Report of the British 

 Museum, is 5378. 



12. Hartlaub on new Birds from the Upper Nile. 



[Ueber einige neue Vogel aus dem oberen Nilgebiete. Von Dr. O. 

 Hartlaub. Journ. f. Orn. July 1882.] 



From recent collections of Dr. Emin Bey, made on a 

 journey from Lahore by Tadibek to Fatiko, and back by 

 Tauvera, Dr. Hartlaub describes the following new species : — 

 Pentholaa clericalis, Hyphantornis emini, Habropyga ceno- 

 chroa, Lanius gubernator, Fringillaria forbesi, yEgithalus 

 musculus, Trachyphonus versicolor, and Francolinus ochro- 

 gaster. Of these, both sexes of Sycobrotus {fJyphantornis) 

 emini and the brilliant new Lanius gubernator are figured 

 (tab. i.). We are much pleased to hear that Dr. Hartlaub 

 has in preparation a memoir containing a general account of 

 the birds of Dr. Emin Bey's territory. 



