Recently published Ornithological Works. 573 



settled in a scientific manner. In America the State has 

 taken up the investigation and control of animals supposed 

 to be injurious^ by the appointment of a '^ Division of Eco- 

 nomic Ornithology and Mammalogy ^' in the Department of 

 Agriculture. In Hungary the " Ungarische ornithologische 

 Centrale/^ whose chief object is the investigation of the 

 Migration of Birds, has, in a similar manner, been placed 

 under the segis of the Minister of Education. Dr. Finsch 

 urges that in conformity with these precedents, and in the 

 interests of Forestry, Agriculture, and Fisheries, ati Institute 

 for the study of Economic Ornithology should be created by 

 the State in Germany. 



102. Godman and Salvin's ' Biologia Centrali- Americana.' 



[Biologia Centrali-Americana : or, Contributions to the Knowledge of 

 the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by F. Du 

 Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin. (Zoology.) Parts CXXVI.-CXXX. 

 4to. London, 1896. Published for the Editors by R. H. Porter, 



7 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.] 



Since our last notice of this excellent work (Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 143) good progress has been made. The five parts re- 

 cently issued contain pp. 481-544 of the " Birds,^' and give 

 a complete account of the Central American members of the 

 families Trogonidse, Galbulidse, Bucconidae, and Cuculidie, 

 the last-named group being not quite concluded. We hope 

 soon to have the pleasure of binding up the second volume, 

 which will finish with the Psittacidse. 



103. Hartert on new Birds from Celebes. 



[Preliminary Descriptions of some new Birds from the Mountains of 

 Southern Celebes. By Ernst Hartert. Novit. Zool. iii. p. 69.] 



Mr. Hartert describes four new birds from a " very fine 

 collection " lately made by Mr. Alfred Everett in the moun- 

 tains of Southern Celebes — Androphilus evet^etti, Chlorocharis 

 squamiceps, Cataponera turdoides, and Siphia omissa. Cata- 

 ponera is a new genus allied to Garrulax. A full list of the 

 collection is promised, and it will be of interest as showing 

 the similarity of some of the species to those of the highlands 

 of Borneo. 



