414 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



name it ]). pnraensis. It has been compared with four 

 examples of D. temmincki in different museums. A coloured 

 figure of the new species, of the natural size^ is added. 



83. Lucas on the Tongues of North- American Woodpeckers. 



[The Tongues of Woodpeckers. By F. A. Lucas. U.S. Dept. of Agricult.; 

 Ornith. & Mamm., Bulletin No. 7, p. 35.] 



In connection with the investigation carried on by the 

 Agricultural Department of the U.S. Government on the 

 food of Woodpeckers (see Prof. Beal's report above noticed, 

 p. 408), Mr. Lucas has examined the tongues of 12 species 

 of this family, and now describes and figures them. Although 

 there is a general resemblance, there is a large amount of 

 variation in details, and the conclusion is arrived at that the 

 modifications of the tongue in the Woodpeckers " are directly 

 related to the character of the food, and are not of value 

 for classification." 



84. Meyer and Wiglesworth on Birds from North-east 

 Celebes, PeJing, and Banggai. 



[Eine Vogelsammlung von Nordost Celebes und den Inseln Peling und 

 Banggai. Von A. B. Meyer und L. W. Wiglesworth. Ahhandl. u. Ber. 

 k. zool. u. anthrop. Mus. bresden, 1896-97, No. 2.] 



The Dresden Museum has lately received a considerable 

 collection of bird-skins from the eastern peninsula of 

 Celebes and the adjacent islands Peling and Banggai, which 

 are shown in a chart attached to this memoir. There are 

 58 species from East Celebes, 50 from Peling, and 43 from 

 Banggai represented in it. The following species and sub- 

 species are described as new : — Loriculus sclateri ruber, from 

 Peling and Banggai ; Pyrrhucentor celebensis rufescens, from 

 E. Celebes ; Pelargopsls dichrorhynchus, from Peling and 

 Banggai; Monachalcyon capucinus, from E. Celebes; Her- 

 motimia porphyrolama scapulata, from E. Celebes ; Zosterops 

 subatrifrons , from Peling ; Ptilopus subgularis, from Peling 

 and Banggai. It is shown in a series of tables that the 

 avifauna of Peling and Banggai, althongh the strait that 



