Recently published Ornithological Works. 141 



Picolaptes rikeri, Ridgw. (Pr. U.S. N. M. ix. 523), is ele- 

 vated to generic rank under the title Berlepschia, Graf v. Ber- 

 lepscli having pointed out its ^^radieal differences^' from 

 Picolaptes, and its near alliance to Pseudocolaptes. 



24. Ridgway on a neio Phacellodomus. 



[Description of a new Species of Phacellodomus from Venezuela. By 

 Robert Hidgway. Pr. U.S. N. M. 1887, p. 152.] 



Phacellodomus inornatus is a Venezuelan form of Ph. fron- 

 talis, distinguished by the want of any tinge of rufous on the 

 forehead. 



25. Ridgway on two new Owls. 



[Description of two new Species of Kaiip's genus Meffascops. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Pr. U.S. N. M. 1887, p. 267.] 



The species charactei'ized are M. vermiculatus, from Costa 

 Rica (near to Scops nudipes) , and M. hastatus, from IMazatlan 

 (near to S. brasilianus) . 



26. Scully on the Mammals and Birds of Northern Afghan- 

 istan. 



[On tbe Mammals and Birds collected by Captain C. E. Yate, on the 

 Afghan Boundary Commission, in Northern Afghanistan. By J. Scully. 

 J. A. S. B. vol. Ivi. pt. 2, p. 68.] 



The collection made by Capt. Yate consists of examples of 

 110 species : one of the most interesting is Sylvia mystacea, 

 IVTenetr., which was described and figured by IVIr. Blanford, 

 in his ' Zoology of Eastern Persia/ under the name of Sylvia 

 ruhescens, and its occurrence on the IMurghab and at IVEai- 

 manah considerably extends its previously known range 

 northward and eastward. 



27. Shufddt on the Skulls of Turkeys. 



[A Critical Comparison of a series of Sljulls of the Wild and Domesti- 

 cated Turkeys. By R. W. Shufeldt. Journ. Comp. Med. & Surg. July 



1887.] 



