488 Recently published Ornithological JVorks. 



now complete^ and contains a set of notes which will he of 

 the greatest interest to British ornithologists. They give us 

 in systematic form a summary of the results obtained during 

 the last twelve years' study of his native avifauna by one of 

 the leading naturalists of Scandinavia, who has devoted 

 himself specially to this subject. 



The first series of Prof. Collett's " Contributions/' pub- 

 lished in 1876, contained notices of 252 Norwegian birds ; 

 in the second series (1880) the number was increased to 256. 

 Since 1880 the energetic work of the author and his co- 

 adjutors has added 23 more species to the avifauna of 

 Norway, which (two species having been excluded) is now 

 reckoned to contain 277 species. Of these, of course, nearly 

 all are included in the British List, some very interesting 

 exceptions (such as Phylloscopus horealis) coming in from 

 the east. A general index to the three series of " Contri- 

 butions " is appended to the present volume, which, like its 

 predecessors, is reprinted from the ' Nyt Mag. f. Naturv.' 

 of Christiania. 



54. Elliot's ' Monograph of the Pittidse.' 



[A Monograph of the Pittidce, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. By D. G. 

 Elliot, F.R.S.E., kc. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Part III. 

 Folio. London, 1894. Quaritch.] 



The following species are described and figured in Mr. 

 Elliot's third part : — 



Eucichla guaiana. Pitta nepalensis (male). 



Pitta loriie. nepalensis (female and young). 



steerii. kocki. 



concinna. celebensis. 



rubrinucha. 



We need hardly say that we are not prepared to follow 

 the author in calling Eucichla cijanura by the barbarous name 

 he has attributed to it. According to the Stricklandian Code, 

 names implying incorrect localities are to be rejected. Pitta 

 "kocki" is a mistake for kochi, having been named after 

 Dr. Koch, the Director of the Darmstadt Museum, as is shown 

 by Dr. Briiggemann's original description. We are glad to 

 see the beautiful Pitta lorice now figured for the first time. 



