418 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



north-east of Lake Stephanie, on the 4th of December, 1893. 

 Count Salvador! gives us here a list of the birds obtained by- 

 Count Ruspoli during this expedition. They were 35 in 

 number, belonging to 32 species. Unfortunately the skins 

 arc not in good condition, and have no exact localities 

 attached to them. Three species are described as new, 

 namely, Turacus ruspolii, Serinvs xanthokema, and Hyphant- 

 ornis dicrocephala. The occurrence of Grus carunculata 

 so far north is a new fact in distribution. Sir H. H. Johnston 

 has lately obtained it in Nyasaland, and Reichenow has in- 

 cluded it in his list of tlie Birds of German East Africa. 



92. Sharpens 'Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain.' 



[Allen's Naturalist's Library. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., 

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

 Sharpe, LL.D., Assistant Keeper, Sub-Department of Vertebrata, Zoo- 

 logical Department, British Museum. Vol. III. London : W. H. Allen 

 & Co., 1896.] 



The third volume of Dr. Sharpens 'Handbook^ finishes 

 the Ducks, and then proceeds to the Herons, Cranes, and 

 Waders (as generally termed). It contains altogether an 

 account of 92 species, which are referred to 70 genera, giving 

 an average of about 1*3 species to each genus, which seems 

 rather a meagre allowance. Going on at this rate we shall 

 soon find our species to coincide in number with our genera. 



It is quite possible that Totanus stagnatilis may have 

 occurred in this country, but the evidence given by Dr. 

 Sharpe of its having done so appears to us to be hardly- 

 sufficient. 



We observe that Dr. Sharpe quotes amongst his synonyms 

 the 24th and 26th volumes of the ' Catalogue of Birds in the 

 British Museum.' These volumes are not yet published, 

 although we hope to have the pleasure of seeing them out 

 before the end of the present year. It would have been 

 better, we think, to have noticed this fact in the preface, as 

 it may be argued hereafter that they must have been pub- 

 lished before the present volume M^as issued. Although, as 

 we have now and previously stated, we cannot agree to 



