380 Recently published Ot^nithological JVorks. 



Mr. Haswell endeavours to reply to some criticisms which 

 Dr. Gaclow has made on some statements in a former paper 

 of Mr. Plaswell concerning certain points in the myology of 

 Pigeons, but not altogether successfully, we think. It is 

 certainly a fact that ought to be easily settled whether in 

 true Columba the posterior belly of the latissimus dorsi is 

 absent or not. 



91. Gates's ' Bh'ds of British Burmah.' 



[A Handbook to the Birds of British Burmah, including those of the 

 adjoining State of Karennee. By Eugene W, Dates. Vol. i. March 

 1883. London : R. H. Porter and Dulau. Royal 8vo. Pp. 432.] 



We hail with pleasure the issue of the first part of this 

 excellent work, which is just what a handbook ought to 

 be. Every species is shortly and plainly described, and re- 

 ferences are given to all works bearing upon Burmese orni- 

 thology. A short account of the habits and nesting (where 

 known) is always added. Mr. Oates's useful volume will be 

 much appreciated by the students of the ornis of British 

 Burmah, who with its aid will have no difficulty in recog- 

 nizing the native species. 



A new genus, " Gypsophilu," is founded (p. 61) for the 

 curious Turdinus crispifrons of Blyth, but no new species are 

 described. Mr. Gates has made a slip in placing the Pittidae 

 and Eurylsemidae in the " suborder Tracheophonae.^^ So 

 far as we yet know, there are no true Tracheophones in the 

 Old World. 



Mr. Oates^s second and concluding part will contain the 

 remaining birds, the introduction, the index, and a map of 

 the country. The present part is devoted to the 400 Passeres 

 met with in British Burmah and Karennee. 



92. Ramsay on Carpophaga finschi. 



[Note on the Type Specimen of Carpophaga Jinschi. By E. P. Ramsay. 

 Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. xvii. p. 25.] 



Mr. Ramsay now gives the measurements of this Carpo- 

 phaga (described in the same work, xvi. p. 129) and the loca- 

 lity, which is Irish Cove, New Ireland. 



