112 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



agilis, a winter migrant from North America, and Phae- 

 thornis filippii, a scarce Humming-bird, of which the true 

 home was previously uncertain. 



7. Berlepsctis Notes on Neotropical Birds. 



[Notes on some Neotropical Birds belonging to the United States 

 National Museum. By Hans von Berlepscli. Proc. U. S. N. M. 1688, 

 p. 559.] 



This is a series of very useful notes upon " obscure speci- 

 mens " belonging to the U. S. National Museum which have 

 been sent to Graf v. Berlepsch for examination by the autho- 

 rities of that establishment. The main portion of the paper 

 is devoted to the Trochilidae, upon which, as we all know, 

 the Graf is a leading authority. At the close of the commu- 

 nication are given the results of an examination of six of 

 Mr. Lawrence's types belonging to other families of Birds. 



8. Biittikofer on a new Gallinule. 



[On a new Species of Gallinule. By J. Biittikofer. Notes Leyden 

 Mus. xi. p. 191.] 



The new Gallinule is Porphyrio bemmeleni from Sumatra, 

 allied to P.poliocephalus. It is based on a specimen received 

 alive at the Zoological Gardens, Rotterdam, now in the 

 Leyden Museum. 



9. Biittikofer on Birds from South-western Africa. 



[Third List of Birds from South-western Africa. By J. Biittikofer. 

 Notes Leyden Mus. xi. p. 193.] 



A new consignment of birds received from Mr. van der 

 Kellen from Gambos on the Upper Cunene contains exam- 

 ples of 62 species, 15 of which were not included in Mr. 

 Buttikofer's two previous lists of birds from this district. 

 The total number of species of which examples have been 

 received from this collector is now 195. 



10. Chapman on a new Humming-bird. 



[Description of a new Species of Humming-bird of the Genus Amazilia. 

 By Frank M. Chapman. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 163.] 



