Recently published Ornithological Works. 219 



fowl and Seafowl, including Instructions in the Art of sliooting and cap- 

 tm-ing them. By Sir ■ Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart. 8vo, London : 



1882.] 



There is not much that can be called scientific in this 

 workj the title of which speaks for itself ; but we are told by 

 one who is a very experienced hand in such matters that it 

 is one of the best books on the subject ever written. 



67. Pelzeln's Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 

 1881. 



[Bericht liber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Vogel wiihrend 

 des Jahres 1881 von August von Pelzeln. 8vo. Berlin : 1883.] 



Herr v. Pelzeln^s Report is as full and as complete as usual, 

 but a little late in its issue. A great number of the smaller 

 memoirs are mentioned. 



68. Ramsay on new Birds from the Solomon Islands. 



[Description of two new Birds from the Solomon Islands. By E. P. 

 Ramsay, F.L.S. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vol. vii. p. 299.] 



Phlogoenas salamonis and Dicrurus longirostris are both 

 from San Christoval. The former is probably Phi. johann(B 

 of Tristram (nee Sclater). 



69. Ridgway on new North-American Birds. 



[Descriptions of some new North-American Birds. By Robert Ridg- 

 way. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1882, p. 343.] 



The new birds described are : — (1) Catherpes mexicanus punc- 

 tidatus, subsp. nov., jrom California; (2) Lophophanes inor- 

 natus griseus, subsp. nov., from middle U. S., Nevada, Utah, 

 Colorado, Arizona ; (3) Geothlypis beldingi, from Lower Cali- 

 fornia ; and (4) Rallus beldingi, from Espiritu Santo islands. 

 Lower California. 



70. Salvadori's ' Ornithology of Papuasia.' 



[Ornitologia deUa Papuasia e delle Molucche di Tommaso Salvadori. 

 Parte terza. Torino, 1882. 1 vol. 4to, pp. 596.] 



We have now the pleasure of recording the completion of 



