Recently published Ornithological TForks. 167 



Metliodique et Critique des Collections deposees dans cet etablissement. 

 Tom. viii. Leide : E. J. Brille.] 



The eighth livraison of this valuable work contains Prof. 

 Schlegel's account of the Tinamous and Megapodes in the 

 Leyden Museum. Of the former group 31 species are recog- 

 nized^ divided into five genera ; of the latter 19^ belonging to 

 to 4 genera. Prof. Schlegel complains much of the iusuffi- 

 ciency of his materials as regards the Tinami, in which 

 group he confines his remarks to the species in the Leyden 

 Museum. 



26. Schmeltz on the Fruit-Pigeons of the Genus Ptilopus. 



[Elliot, D. G. : On the Fruit-Pigeons of the Genus Ptilopus. Bespro- 

 chen von J. D. E. Schmeltz. Verhand. d. Vereius fiir naturw. Unterhal- 

 tmig, Hamburg, iv. p. 177.] 



Herr Schmeltz gives notices of such species of Ptilopus as 

 are in the Museum Godeffroy from Eastern Australia and 

 Polynesia, in reference to Elliotts paper (P.Z. S. 1878, p. 500) 

 and Salvadori's critique (P. Z, S. 1879, p. 61). Eighteen 

 species are mentioned. 



27. Schmeltz on the Fauna of the New Hebrides. 



[Ueber die Thierwelt der Neu-Hebriden. Von J. D. E. Schmeltz. 

 Verb. d. Vereins fiir naturw. Uuterhaltung, Hamburg, iv. p. 71.] 



Contains a list of the birds of the New Hebrides. About 

 70 species are enumerated ; but some are doubtful. A useful 

 list of publications on the subject is prefixed. 



28. Sclater's ' Jacamars and Puff-birds* 



[A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or families Galbulidfe 

 and Bucconidce. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. Part iv. 

 4to. London : 1880. Published for the author by E. H. Porter, 6 Ten- 

 terden Street, W.] 



The new part of this work deals solely with the typical 

 Buccones, of which nine species are figured, namely : — 



Bucco macrodactylus Bucco maculatus. 

 ruficoUis. striatipectus. 



