392 Recently published Or'nithological Works. 



The greater portion of the field-notes in this work are 

 based by Mr. Hudson on his personal observations, but these 

 are supplemented by liberal extracts from the writings of 

 Dr. Burmeister, Mr. Burrows, and Mr. Gibson, and from the 

 journals of the late Henry Durnford and Ernest William 

 White, whose untimely deaths those interested in Argentine 

 bir Is can never cease to lament. 



The ten plates, by Keulemans, in the present volume con- 

 tain illustrations of the following species : — Chcetocercus 

 burmeisteri, Hydropsalis furcifera, Coccyzus cinereus, Conurus 

 molifKB, Bolborhynchus aymara, Buteo swainso7ii, Ardetta in- 

 voliicris, Cygnus nigricollis, Rallus maculatus, and Nothura 

 darwini. 



86. Sharpe and Wyatt on the Hirundinidse. 



[A Monograph of tlie Hirundinidfe, or Family of Swallows. By R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe and Claude W. Wyatt. Parts III.-X. 1886-89. 4to. 

 London : SotLeran & Co.] 



Since our last notice of this interesting monograph (Ibis, 

 1886, p. 201), Messrs. Sharpe and Wyatt have issued six 

 more parts, containing figures or accounts of the following 

 species : — 



Parts III., IV., July 1886 : Psalidoprocne holomeldena, 

 P. pridoptera, Hirundo smithii, H. nigrorufa, H. cucullata, 

 H. atroccerulea, H. melanocrissa, H. griseopyga, H. nigrita, 

 Petrochelidon ariel, Cotile concolor, C. obsoleta. Parts V., VI., 

 June 1887 : Petrochelidon ruficollaris, P. nigricans, P. rii- 

 figula, P. timoriensis (no plate) , P. falva, Tachycineta leucor- 

 rhous, T. albilinea, Cotile rufigula, C. minor, C. andersso7ii (no 

 plate), Psalidoprocne antinorii, Atticora pileata, Progne cha- 

 lybea, Hii'undo neoxena. Parts VII., VIII., May 1888 : 

 Psalidoprocne petiti, P. albiceps, P. fidiginosa, P. nitens, 

 Chelidon lag opus, Hirundo sclateii, H. smithii (plate only), 

 Atticora melanoleuca, A. fucata, Pterochelidon swainsoni, 

 C. Jluvicola, Stelgidopteryx ruJicoUis. Parts IX., X., March 

 1889 : Phedina borbonica, P. mudagascariensis , Cotile coiuani, 

 Progne furcata, P. concolor, P. domestica, P. dominicensis, 



