390 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



at is that the Comoro archipelago is not a dependence of 

 Madagascar, but has received its present avifauna from the 

 different lands that surround it. 



Six well-executed coloured plates attached to the memoir 

 represent the following endemic species : — Cinnyris humbloti, 

 Zosterops kirki, Z. mouroniensis , Hypsipetes parvirostris, Turdus 

 comorensis, Graucalus sulphweus, G. cucullatus, Terpsiphone 

 comorensis, Humblotia flavirosti-is, and Ploceus {Foudia) 

 consobrinus. 



81. Sir Henry Peek's List of his Collection of British Birds 



[A Collection of British Birds at Rousdon. By Sir Henry Peek. 4to. 

 London: 1888.] 



In his mansion at Rousdon, Devon, Sir Henry Peek has a 

 fine collection of British Birds arranged in wall-cases, which 

 has been formed for him by Messrs. Swaysland, of Brighton. 

 The series is nearly comjDlete, only five species in the list of 

 the B. O. U. (the nomenclature and arrangement of which is 

 followed in the present work) being unrepresented, although 

 in many instances by continental specimens. The main 

 part of the catalogue is accompanied by an outline index- 

 plate of each case, by means of which every specimen can 

 be easily identified. An alphabetical index follows, by 

 which the place of each bird in the series can be readily 

 ascertained. 



82. Ridgway on a new Pigeon. 



[Description of a new Pigeon from Guayaquil, Ecuador. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1888, p. 112.] 



Columba guayaquilensis, from Guayaquil, is similar to 

 C. albilinea, but smaller and much darker. 



83. Ridgway on the male o/ Acanthidops. 



[Description of the adult Male of Acanthidops bairdi. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1888, p. 190.] 



The U.S. National Museum has now received fi'om Costa 

 Bica an adult male specimen of the curious Passerine bird 



