120 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



logical journal some interesting notes on the life and breeding- 

 habits of a Weaver-bird {Nigrita arnaudi), concerning which 

 Heuglin (Oruith. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 341) seems to have fallen 

 into some errors. These, being derived from Emin Pasha's 

 own observations, must be deemed authentic. 



18. Kempen on Abnormal Plumages in Birds. 



[Sur line serie de Mainmiferes et d'Oiseaux d'Europe pr&eutant des 

 Anomalies ou des Varietes de coloration. Par Ch. vau Kempen. Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. de France, 1888, p. 103.] 



M. Kempen gives an account of the specimens of about 

 70 European species of birds in his collection, which are 

 albinos or partly albinos, or otherwise abnormally coloured. 



19. Lawrence on a new Thrush. 



[Description of a new Species of Bird of tlie Genus Cathartts from 

 Ecuador. By G. N. Lawrence. Tree. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 503.] 



A Thrush of the genus Catharus from Cayandeled, Western 

 Ecuador, presented to IVTr. Lawrence by Graf v. Berlepsch, 

 and determined by him as C. fuscater, Lafr., is described as 

 new and named C. berlepschi. 



20. Meyer and Helm's Report on the Ornithological Observ- 

 ing -Stations for Saxony for 1887. 



[III. Jaliresbericlit (1887) der ornithologischen Beobaclitungstationen 

 im Konigreich Sachsen, bearbeitet von Dr. A. B. Meyer und von Dr. F. 

 Helm. Abh. u. Bericlit d. k. zool, u. anthropol.-etlinograpli. Mus. 

 Dresden, 1888-89.] 



This, we think, must be allowed to be one of the most 

 complete and elaborate reports of the kind yet issued, and to 

 reflect great credit on the care and patience of its compilers. 

 It begins with lists of 134 observers who contributed notices 

 for 1887, and of 17 who had observed in 1886 but not in 

 1887, and of 91 new observers. The '' General Part,'' which 

 follows, describes the 122 stations at which observations 

 were made, and gives a summary account of the weather. 



The " Special Part " takes each species individually, one 



