Recently puhl'ished Ornithological Works. 303 



time to investigate the matter later on, althougli it is ex- 

 tremely difficult to get the necessary material at the proper 

 season, I consider Wickmann's pamphlet to be one of 

 great importance.'^ 



Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited a specimen of a curious chest- 

 nut variety of the Common Partridge {Perdix cinerea) killed 

 during the past autumn in Shropshire. It closely resembled 

 the form called on the Continent Perdix montana. 



XXIII. — Notices of recent OrnitJiological Publications. 



22. Andrews on a new TEpyornis. 



[Note on a new Species of JEpyornis (^. titan). By C. W. Andrews, 

 B.Sc, F.Z.S. Geol. Mag. 1894, p. 18.] 



Mr. Andrews establishes ^pyornis titan upon two tibio- 

 tarsi of gigantic size recently received at the British Museum 

 from S.W. Madagascar. A massive femur probably belongs 

 to the same species. The length of the tibio-tarsus in the 

 new species is 80 cm., the corresponding length of the same 

 bone in ^. maximus being 6-1 cm.^ and in ^. hildebrandti 

 48-5 cm. 



23. BUttikofer on two new Birds from South Celebes. 



[On two new Species of Birds from South Celebes. By J. Biittikofer. 

 Notes Leyden Mus. xv. p. 179.] 



From specimens obtained in 1878 from the district of 

 Macassar by the botanical collector Teysmann, Mr. Biitti- 

 kofer describes as new Cinnyris teysmanni and Dicceum splen- 

 didum. 



24. Biittikofer on a new Pachycephala. 



[On two new Species of PachycepJiala from South Celebes. By 

 J. Biittikofer. Notes Leyden Mus. xv. p. 167.] 



» Pachycephala teysmanni and P. meridionalis are new 



species from the district of Macassar in Celebes. 



