274 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Oshima lies 100 miles or more further north, and very near 

 the main island of Japan ; but Dr. Stejneger^s measurements 

 are : — Exposed culmen "55 inch^ wing 2*45 inches. 



The examples from Fatsizio are so much larger than those 

 from Sulphur Island that they cannot belong to the same 

 species. 



XXVII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



[Continued from p. 143.] 



31. Blasius on the Birds of Great Sanghir and Siao. 



[Die "Vogel von Gross-Sanghir (mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung derin 

 den Jahren 1886 und 1887 von Herrn Dr. Platen and dessen Gemahlin 

 bei Manganitu auf Gross-Sangbir ausgefiibrten ornitbolog. Forscbungen), 

 nebst eiuem Anbange liber die Vcigel von Siao. Von Prof. Dr. Wilh. 

 Blasius. Ornis; iv. p. 527.] 



Dr. Blasius commences his essay on the birds of the 

 Sanghir Islands_, which lie between the north point of Celebes 

 and the southern extremity of ]V[indanao, with a critical 

 review of previous authorities on the subject. The last 

 summary of the Ornis of these islands was that of Dr. 

 A. B. Meyer, who, in 1884, assigned 62 species to Great 

 Sanghir, and 39 to Siao. The researches of Dr. Platen 

 and his wife on Great Sanghir have increased our know- 

 ledge of the avifauna of this island, and raised the total 

 number of known species to 71. Of these Dr. Blasius gives 

 us a complete account in the present memoir, with full par- 

 ticulars of the specimens in the Brunswick Museum. Twelve 

 species (1 Parrot and 11 Passeres) are, so far as isyetknown, 

 restricted to Great Sanghir and the adjacent islands. 



In an appendix. Dr. Blasius speaks of the birds of Siao, 

 which lies to the south of Great Sanghir, and nearer Celebes, 

 Here 40 species are known to occur, five of which are not 

 found in Great Sanghir. One of these (Pitta palliceps) is 

 peculiar to the island. 



At the end of the memoir Dr. Blasius discusses the avifauna 

 of the Sanghir Islands as a whole, and shows that it is really 



