278 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



38. Hartert's Oi-nithological Notices. 



[Omithologische Notizen. Von Ernst Hartert. J. f. 0. 1890, p. 100.] 



Herr Hartert remarks on the occurrence of Surnia ulula 

 in Germany^ and on its having been apparently in some 

 cases confused with Asio accipitrinus . He also provides a 

 Crested Lark from Abyssinia in the Frankfort Museum 

 with a new name^ Galerida rueppelli, and describes a new 

 species of Otocorys from " Caffraria '' as O. berlepschi. 



39. Heine and Reichenow on the Birds of the Museum 

 Heineanum. 



[Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici. Verzeicliniss der Vogel- 

 Sammlimg- des Kcinigliclien Oberamtmanns Ferdinand Heine, heraus- 

 gegeben von Ferdinand Heine und Anton Reichenow. Royal 8vo. 

 Berlin : 1882-90.] 



IVTessrs. Heine and Reichenow have now finished their 

 catalogue of the birds in the celebrated " Museum Heinea- 

 num " at Halberstadt, the first portion of which was printed 

 in 1882. The catalogue pursues the order and nomenclature 

 of the well-known ornithological work bearing the same title 

 as the Museum^ so far as it goes — i. e., to the middle of the 

 Scansores. After that it follows the lines of the original 

 MS. catalogue prepared by Herr F. Heine^ Senior^ who, we 

 are pleased to hear, is still active, in his 81st year — the Nestor 

 of living ornithologists. The preface is written by Herr 

 Reichenow. The '^ types ^^ of the Heine Collection, which 

 are many and important, are marked with an asterisk. 



We regret to find, on looking through the last sheets, that 

 the authors have troubled themselves to invent not less than 

 73 new generic terms, nearly all of which are exact equiva- 

 lents of terms already in use. They are as follows : — 



Geniates = Chotorea, Bp. ; Abelterus = Eubucco, Bp. ; 

 Pogonites= Buccanodon, Verr. ; Dinorhamphus = Tucanus, 

 Cass. ; Machlostomus = Tucaius, Bp. ; Ulocomus = Beauhar- 

 naisius, Bp. ; Rhagoborus = Baillonius, Cass. ; Pionites = 

 Caica, Less. ; Porphyrocephalus = Purpureicephalus, Bp. ; 

 Scototheres = Lempijius, Bp. ; Nyctimene = Macabra, 

 Bp. ; Tyto = Myrtha, Bp. ; Tolmerus = Chiquera, Bp. ; Gen- 



