Recently published Ornithological Works. 279 



Mooleyit to its summit. He obtained 454 birdskins, which 

 are referred by Count Salvadori to 160 species. Five of 

 them were new, and were described in a previous paper in 

 the same journal*. Many interesting notes are given upon 

 other species. 



53. Sclater and Hudson's ' Argentine Ornithology.' 



[Argentine Ornithology. A descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the 

 Argentine Republic. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. With 

 Notes on their Habits by W. H. Hudson, C.M.Z.S., late of Buenos Ayres. 

 Vol. I. Eoyal 8vo. Loudon : 1888.] 



The present volume contains an account of the Passeres 

 of the Argentine Republic, which, as at present known, 

 number some 229 species. The second volume, Avliich it is 

 hoped will be ready in the course of the year, is to be devoted 

 to the history of the remaining Orders of Birds, and will also 

 contain the Introduction and Index, and complete the work. 



All the personal observations recorded in these pages are 

 due to Mr. Hudson, while Sclater is responsible for the 

 arrangement, nomenclature, and scientific portions of the 

 work. 



The number of Passeres recognized by the authors as be- 

 longing to the Argentine avifauna is 229. Figures, drawn by 

 Keulemans, are given of the following species : — Mimus tri- 

 urus, Cinclus schulzi, Cyclorhis ochrocephala, C. altlrostris, 

 Siephanophorus leucucephalus , Saltatricula multicolor, Molo- 

 thrus badius, M. rufo-axillaris, T<enioptera rubetra, Phyto- 

 toma rutila, Homorus lophotes, and Drymornis bridgesi. 



54. Sharpe on the Fringillidee. 



[Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection 

 of the British Museum. Fringilliformes : Part III., containing the 

 family Fringillidfe. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. London: 1888. 872 pp., 

 16 coloured plates.] 



The twelfth volume of the ' Catalogue of the Birds in the 



* Merulafece, Niltava oatesi, Perkrocotus pulcherrimiis, P. rubro-lim- 

 hatus, and Aceroa leucost'ujma (Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, vol. iv. 

 pp. 614-516; 1887). 



