27'4 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



51. Meyer and Wiglesworih on Birds from the Talaut 

 Islands. 



[Eine zweite Sammlung von Vogeln von den Talaut Inseln. Von A. 

 B. Meyer und L. W. Wigles worth. Abhandl. u. Ber. k. zool. u. anthrop. 

 Mus. Dresden, 1894-95, No. 9.] 



We have now a second paper on the birds of the Talaut 

 Islands [cf. 'Ibis/ 1895, p. 136) from the same authors. It 

 contains an account of 36 species, of which four are new to 

 science {Tanygnathus talautensis, Edoliisoma talautense, 

 Dicceum talautense, and Zosterops bubelo) and ten were not 

 represented in the former collection. The avifauna of the 

 Talaut Islands is now known to comprehend 58 species, of 

 which a complete list is given. 



52. Millais on the South-African Veldt. 



[A Breath from the Veldt. By John Guille Millais, F.Z.S. With 

 Illustrations by the Author and a Frontispiece by Sir J. E. Millais, R.A. 

 London : Sotheran, 1895.] 



This is one of the most attractive books we have met with 

 for a long time. Besides the crowds of illustrations, which 

 are fully worthy of the author's well-known name, the 

 narrative is of an entertaining and instructive character, and 

 gives us a good account of Mr. Millais's adventures in the 

 veldt of South Africa. 



Mr. Millais went first to Beaufort West to see the spring- 

 bucks, then took a long waggon-trek from Johannesburg 

 over the Limpopo into the haunts of the white rhinoceros, 

 and finally proceeded into the Orange Free State to shoot the 

 wildbeeste. South Africa is the land of the larger mammals, 

 and our author's principal dealings are with antelopes, zebras, 

 buffaloes, and beasts of prey. But birds are by no means 

 neglected. Excellent notes and illustrations are given of 

 Bustards, Vultures, Jabirus, Touracoes, and other charac- 

 teristic forms of African bird-life. Most interesting are the 

 accounts of our author's experiences with the Ox-peckers 

 and Honey-guides. The latter we must extract for the 

 benefit of our readers : — 



