Recently published Ornithological Works. 283 



it following the females of the above-named species, there 

 must be some other reason for the habit." 



39. Fischer and Reichenow on Birds from East Africa. 



[Ueber eine dritte Collection von Vogelbalgen aus Ost-Afrika, geaam- 

 melt von Dr. G. A. Fischer. Von Dr. G. A. Fischer iind Dr. Ant. Rei- 

 chenow. J. f. 0. 1880, p. 139.] 



The authors give an account of the third collection made 

 by Dr. G. A. Fischer in Zanzibar and on the opposite coast. 

 The collection contained examples of twenty-six species. 

 One of them is referred to a new species {Cinnyris fischeri) , 

 and one to a new subspecies {Dryoscopus major mossambicus) . 



40. Giglioli on Fish-eating Birds in Italy. 



[Elenco dei Mammiferi, degli Uccelli e dei Kettili ittiofagi apparte- 

 nenti alia Fauna italica e Catalogo degli Anfibi e dei Pesci italiani. Per 

 Prof. Enrico H. Giglioli. 8vo. Firenze : 1880.] 



A part of the catalogue issued in connexion with the Italian 

 Section at the International Fish-Exhibition in Berlin last 

 year. Sixty-three Italian birds are classed as more or less 

 ichthyophagous . 



41. Hdrtlaub on new African Birds. 



[Ueber einige neue von Dr. Emin Bey, Gouverneur der Aequatorial- 

 provinzen Aegyptens, um Lado, Central-Afrika entdecte Vogel. Von Dr. 

 G. Hartlaub. J. f. 0. 1880, p. 210.] 



LadOj the capital of the new equatorial provinces of Egypt, 

 lies upon the high bank of the Bahr Djebel, about 5° north 

 of the equator, at an elevation of 1530 feet above the sea- 

 level. Dr. Emin Bey is the governor. The new species now 

 described, from a collection transmitted by Dr. Emin Bey, 

 are named Sorella emini-bey, Dryoscopus cinerascens, Acro- 

 cephalus albotorquatus, and Anthreptes orientalis. Sorella is 

 a new genus allied to Nigrita. 



42. Harting on Hawks and Hawking. 



[Hawks and Hawking. By J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. Zoologist, 

 1880, p. 273.] 



