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20. Reichenow on new African Birds. 



[Neue afrikanische Vogelformen im Tring Museum. Von Anton 

 IJeicheuow. Novit. Zool. ii. p. lo9.] 



Two new species of a new genus of Timcliidse are de- 

 scribed as Bathmocercus vulpinus and B. murinus. Both are 

 from the Aruwirai River, Congoland, The type of Bathmo- 

 cercus is B. rufus, Reichenow. Andropadus gracilirostris 

 Uberiensis is a new subspecies. 



27. Reichenow on the Ornitholoyical Literature of 1890. 



[Bericlit iiber die Leistungen in der Naturgescliichte der Vogel wahreud 

 des Jahres 1890. Arch. f. Nat. 1891, Heft 1 (Oct. 1895).] 



Here we have an excellent report on the ornithological 

 literature of 1890, only it is issued four years too late. That 

 it is not necessary to delay a publication of this sort so long- 

 is manifest from the fact that the ' Zoological Record/ con- 

 taining a corresponding account of the ornithological litera- 

 ture of 1894_, was published in October 1895. 



28. Rothschild on a new Paradise-bird. 



[A new Bird of Paradise. By the Hon. Walter Rothschild. Novit. 

 Zool. ii. p. 60.] 



Astrapia sjilendidissima is quite worthy of its name, and, 

 besides its striking plumage, differs in several structural 

 points from the typical members of the genus. The type 

 was found among a number of "trade-skins^^ said to have 

 come from the foot of the Charles Louis Mountains, in 

 Dutch New Guinea. 



29. Sharpe's Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain. 



[Allen's Natui'alist's Library. Edited by 11. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., 

 F.L.S., &c. A Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain. By R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, LL.D., Zoological Department, British Museum. "Vol. II. 

 London : W. H. AUeu & Co., 189G.] 



The second volume of Dr. Bowdler Sharpens ' Birds of 

 Great Britain ' is now before us. Wc have already spoken 

 freely of the plates issued with the former volume (see 'Ibis,* 

 1891, p. 565), and it is hardly necessary to repeat our critical 



