118 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



have sent Mr. Ridgway a large collection of birds from that 

 country for examination. Amongst these the following new 

 species and subspecies are represented : — Zeledonia coronata, 

 Microcerculus orpheus, Geothlypis caninucha icterotis, Xipho- 

 colaptes emigrans costaricensis, Picolaptes gracilis, Sclerurus 

 canigularis, Picumnus flavotinctus , Dendrornis punctigula, and 

 Dendrocolaptes variegatus. Notes on other rare species are 

 given. The position of the new genus Zeledonia (at first 

 believed to be Pteroptochine, cf. Ibis, 1889, p. 262) is still 

 uncertain. 



22. Robinson on Albino Birds. 



[Notes on some Albino Birds presented to the U.S. National Museum, 

 with some Remarks on Albinism. By Lieut. Wirt Robinson. Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 1888, p. 413.] 



Mr. Robinson gives an account of some albino specimens 

 in the U.S. National Museum, chiefly examples obtained by 

 himself in Virginia, and discusses the theory of albinism 

 without coming to any definite conclusions. 



23. Salvadori on three new Birds from Burrnah. 



[Descrizione di tre nnove specie di uccelli raccolte nei Monti Carin da 

 Leonardo Fea. Per T. Salvadori. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, vii. 

 p. 363.] 



These three species, discovered by Sign. Fea on the Karen- 

 nee mountains, are named Suthora fea, Malacias castano- 

 pterus, and Poliopsar fuscogulai'is* . 



24. Salvadori on the Birds collected by Fea in Burmah. 



[Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a Nord-est di Tounghoo nel Pegu 

 presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Per 

 Tomaso Salvadori. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, vii. p. 369.] 



Sig. Leonardo Fea having now returned to Europe to 

 recruit his health, and having brought his last collection with 

 him, we are supplied with a complete account of the birds by 

 Count Salvadori in his usual excellent style. Fea's recent 



* On this species, cf. Sharpe, Ibis, 1880, p. 580, and Salvad. infra, p. 130. 



