Recently published Ornithological Works. 113 



bennetti. Dr. Salvador! concludes his exhaustive essay by- 

 specifying eight open points upon which further information 

 is much needed, and adds two plates, containing figures of 

 the heads of the various species. 



39. Salvadori's ' Prodromus,' xiii., xiv., & xv. 



[Prodromus Ornithologiae Papuasiae et Moluccarum. Auctore Thoma 

 Salvadori. XIII. Natatores. XIV. Stnithiones. XV. Additamenta. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. di Geneva, xviii. August 1882.] 



The Papuan Natatories are 41 in number — namely, 6 Ana- 

 tidse, 11 Pelecanidse, 15 Laridse, 7 Procellariidse, and 2 Podi- 

 cipitidse. These are illustrated by 192 examples sent by 

 Beccari, D'Albertis, and Bruijn to the Museum of Genoa, all 

 of which the author has examined. Hypoleucus gouldi is a 

 new name given to Phalacrocorax leucogaster, Gould (nee 

 auctt. praecedentt.) . 



The Papuan Struthiones consist of the 9 Cassowaries now 

 recognized by the author as distinct. Twenty-five specimens of 

 this group have been transmitted to Genoa by the naturalists 

 above named. 



Part XV. of the ' Prodromus ' enumerates the species 

 added to the avifauna of the Papuan subregion during the 

 progress of the work. These are 108 — namely, 10 Accipitres, 

 13 Psittaci, 20 Picarise, 41 Passeres, 23 Columbae, and 1 

 Gallina. Most of these are from South-eastern New Guinea 

 and the adjacent islands, where numerous discoveries have 

 lately been made. 



40. Seebohm's 'Siberia in Asia.' 



[Siberia in Asia : a Visit to the Valley of the Yenesay in East Siberia. 

 By Henry Seebohm. Loudon: Murray. 1882. 1 vol. 8vo, 304 pp.] 



Very few words are necessary to introduce Mr. Seebohm's 

 ' Siberia in Asia ' to ornithologists. We have read his most 

 interesting narrative with the greatest pleasure, and have no 

 doubt that most of our brother members of the B. O. U. have 

 done the same. The great ornithological feats of the trip to 

 Siberia in Asia were the finding of the nest and eggs of three 

 species of Phylloscopus, of Einberiza pusilla, aud of Accentor 



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