726 Recently published Ornitholoyical Works. [Ibis, 



by Mr. F. R. Wulsin in Madagascar, consisting of 1065 

 skins belonging to 122 s|)ecies and subspecies. Four of 

 these are here described for the first time, namely, (Ena 

 capensis aliena, Phalacrocorax africanus pictilis, Anhinga 

 vulsini, Agapornis madagascariensis ablactanea. The col- 

 lection also contained four adult examples of Monias benschi, 

 a curious form believed by Hartert to be allied to the Rails. 

 Mr. Bangs, from the evidence of the powder-down patches, 

 suggests a relationship to Mcsites. 



The Blue-rumped Tanager, Calospiza or Tangara gyro- 

 loides, has had a somewhat checkered career, so far as 

 nomenclature is concerned. Mr. Bangs, in his third paper, 

 discusses the taxonomic history of the species and recog- 

 nizes four races, one of which, T. g. nupera from western 

 Ecuador, is new ; the type-locality of the type-species, 

 following Hellmayr, is considered to be Colombia. 



The last paper on the list explains itself. The new 

 Woodpecker is named Chrysoptilus atricoUis lymani, and 

 was obtained in north-western Peru. 



Beebe on the Pheasants. 



[A monograph of the Pheasants by William Beebe. In four volumes. 

 Vol. i. pp. i-l-f- 1-190, 20 col. plates, 15 photogravures, 5 maps. London 

 (Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by 

 Witherby & Co.), 1918 : large 4to.] 



The first volume of Capt. Beebe's long-promised work on 

 the Pheasants is now before us. It is a most sumptuous 

 production. The size, the illustrations, the paper, and the 

 print are all of the very best that could be obtained, and 

 the contents justify the casket, for Capt. Beebe has not only 

 had a great deal of experience with Pheasants in captivity 

 in the New York Zoological Park, but he has travelled for 

 many months in eastern Asia, exploring the haunts of the 

 wild birds, and has spent another six months in studying 

 the collections of skins in the Museums of London, Tring, 

 Paris, and Berlin. 



It is to Col. Anthony R. Kuser, of Bernardsville, New 

 Jersey, to whom the volume is dedicated, that we owe this 



