122 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



2. Prioniturus verticalis, sp. n. 



P. similis P. flavicanti, scd macula vertical! scarlatina uec 

 cocciuea, pileo argentescenti-cyaneo nee cseruleo, et 

 gastrseo flavicanti- viridi distinguendus. Long. tot. 13*0 

 poll.j alee 7'2, caudse S'^, rectr. med. 5*8. 

 Hab. Tawi-Tawi, Bongao and Sibutu Islands. 



3. Dictum sibutuense, sp. n. 



D. simile D. trigonostigmati, sed gutture saturate schistaceo, 

 macula dorsali aurantiaca distinguendum. Long. tot. 

 3'2 poll.j culm. 0-45, alse 2*0, caudse 0'85, tarsi 0*5. 

 Hab. Sibutu Island. 



4. Edoliisoma everetti, sp. n. 



Mas a mari E. morionis ex insula Celebensi vix diversus ; 

 fern, tamen gastrseo toto ciuereo concolore facile dis- 

 tinguenda. 



Hab. Bongao Island. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., stated that he had recently 

 examined an adult specimen of Circus spilonotus from Moul- 

 mein, thereby establishing the occurrence of this species in 

 Burmah. 



A communication was read from Mr. Abel Chapman on 

 his experiences of the genus Lagopus in the British Islands, 

 Scandinavia, and Spitzbergen. He considered that Lagopus 

 hyperboreus, Sund. (L. hemileucurus , Gould), of Spitzbergen, 

 was much more closely allied to the Willow-Grouse (L. 

 albus) than to the Ptarmigan (L. mutus, Moutin). It was a 

 larger bird than the Ptarmigan, with stronger beak and feet, 

 browner summer plumage, inhabited comparatively low 

 ground, and uttered a Grouse-like " bee," quite unlike the 

 " croak " of the Ptarmigan. 



XI. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



1. Allen on the Birds of Matto Grosso. 



[On a Collection of Birds from Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, made 

 by Mr. H. H. Smith. By Joel Asapli Allen. Parts II. and III. Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 331, and v. p. 107.] 



Mr. Allen now concludes liis account of this great Chapada 



