Recently published Ornithological Works. 123 



names of places which appeared in his former books : — 

 "Mongolia and the Country of the Tangutans," "From 

 Kuldjato Lob-nor/'and,in the description of his third journey 

 into Central Asia^ " From Zaisan via Hami to Tibet " &c. (as 

 yet untranslated). He again crosses the great Gobi and de- 

 scribes its characteristics and the life of the Mongols. He 

 passes through the province of Kan-suh to Koko-nor and 

 Tsaidara, traces the sources of the Hoang-ko in lakes Jaring- 

 nor and Oring-nor, leads his Cossacks once more across the 

 salt desert of Tsaidam and approaches the great mountains, 

 previously unexplored, which support the high plateaux of 

 Northern Tibet. Having left the Tibetan mountains, the 

 author revisits Lob-nor and the basin of the Tarim, describing 

 at some length the southern confines of the Tarim desert, 

 the mountains near Keria, and his homeward route to the 

 Thian-Shan, vid Khoten and Aksu. 



Frequent references to the birds observed during his 

 journey occur throughout the work (see pp. 131, 133, 149, 

 164, 223, &c.). 



24. Ramsay's List of Australian Birds. 



[Tabular List of all the Australian Birds at present known to the Author, 

 showing the Distribution of the Species over the Continent of Australia 

 and adjacent Islands. By E. P. Kamsay. Sm. 4to. Sydney : 1888.] 



Gould's ' Handbook ' gave the number of species of birds 

 known to be found in Australia in 1865 as 672. Mr. Ram- 

 say^s ' Tabular List ' now increases the Australian ornis to 

 760 species, omitting doubtful ones. Among the 88 addi- 

 tional species it is curious that one only belongs to a new 

 genus, namely, Scenopceus dentirostris, a very distinct form of 

 Bower-birds. Mr. Ramsay's tables show the distribution of 

 the species over Australia very clearly, and his map is like- 

 wise of much value. Numerous notes and references are 

 added. We are glad to see it announced in the Preface that 

 the author has in preparation a complete work on the birds 

 of Australia. So far as we can make out^ the following species 

 of birds are named for the first time in this list : — Platy- 

 cercus pennanti, var. niyrescens, from Queensland ; (Edicne- 



