Recently published Ornithological Works. 489 



phidge, Pipridfe, Cotingidse, Phytotomida!, Philepittidse, Pittidae, Xeni- 

 cidse, and Eurylaeiuidae. By Philip Lutley Sclater. London : 1888.] 



The 14th volume of the Catalogue of the Birds in the 

 British Museum, of whicli the second titlepage is transcribed 

 above, was published on the 28th of June last. It has thus 

 been issued in advance of the 13th volume, which will con- 

 tain the remaining families of the Oscines, and, as we under- 

 stand, the Pseudoscines, and " is not expected to be com- 

 pleted before 1889." The 14th volume is devoted to the 

 first section of the Mesomyodian Passeres of Garrod^s ar- 

 rangement, i. e. to those in whicli the syrinx remains nearly 

 as in the Oscines, but has a lesser number of singing-muscles. 

 They are therefore called Oligomyodse. 



The second section of Mesomyodian Passeres (Tracheo- 

 phonse) will form the subject of the 15th volume, which 

 Sclater now has in course of preparation. 



The number of specimens of Oligomyodian Passeres in the 

 Collection of the British Museum, as enumerated in the 

 present volume, is 7360. " These are referred to 665 species, 

 leaving only 38 species probably valid, but unrepresented in 

 the Collection. The series of specimens is generally very 

 complete, and the range of the species is in most cases 

 admirably shown by the localities affixed to them. For this 

 very valuable feature the Museum is mainly indebted to the 

 Salvin-Godman Collection, with its unrivalled set of specimens 

 obtained directly from the collectors," 



Only one new specific title is first published in the present 

 volume, namely, Chlorojnpo holochlora, but three new generic 

 terms are used, namely, Ochthornis for Elainea littoralis, 

 Pelz., Ccenoti'iccus for Todirostrum ruficeps, Lafr,, both of 

 the family Tyrannidae, and Coracopitta (in place of Me- 

 lamjjitta) of the family Pittidse, 



Twenty-six coloured plates draAvn by Smit are attached to 

 the volume and illustrate the following species : — Agriornis 

 pollens, A. insolens, A. solitaria, Tcenioptera holospodia, Och- 

 thodiata fusco-rufus, Ochthoeca leucometopa, O. citrinifrons, 

 O. jmlchella, Platyrhgnchus fluvigularis, P. albigularis, Eu- 

 scarthmus russatus, E. impiger, Leptopogon erythrops, Tyran- 



