442 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



lection. Halcyon {Cyanalcyon) quadricolor from New Guinea 

 is figured. Ampelis maesi of Japan^ Elminia schwebischi of 

 French Congo, and Anceretes sclateri, supposed to be from 

 Chili, are described as new. Craspedophora mantoui, based 

 on a specimen obtained from a dealer and already described 

 ('Lc Naturaliste/ 1891, p. 2G0), is figured. 



63. Ridgway on the Genus Formicarius. 



[A Revision of the Genus Fonnicarius, Boddaert. By Robert Ridg- 

 way. Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xvi. p. G67.] 



Mr. Eidgway has brought together a series of about 60 

 specimens of Ant-Thrushes of the genus Foi'micarius, and now 

 gives us the result of his careful study of them. He recognizes 

 altogether 12 species, amongst which we find three now distin- 

 guished for the first time : — " F. 7iig7'icapillus, Cherrie," from 

 Costa llica (hitherto confounded with F. analis) ; F. saturatus, 

 from Trinidad and Venezuela ; and F. umbrosus, from the 

 Atlantic slope of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. 



64. Ridgivay on a new Storm-Petrel. 



[Description of a new Storm-Petrel from the Coast of Western Mexico. 

 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. G87.] 



Mr. Ridgway has been convinced, by the examination of 

 a scries of nine well-prepared skins collected by Mr. C. H. 

 Townsend off Guaymas and Acapulco, that the Mexican 

 Petrel, hitherto referred to Thalassidroma mclania, Bp., cannot 

 be of that species. He therefore names it Oceanodroma 

 townsendi. 



65. Sharpe's 'Monograph of the Paradiseidse.' 



[Monograph of the Paradiseidce, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilono- 

 rhynchidcc, or Bower-Birds. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S., &c. 

 Part III. Folio. London : II. Sotheran &, Co., 1894.] 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpens third part of his monograph of 

 the Paradise-birds contains excellent figures of some very 

 remarkable species, which will delight the eyes of every 

 ornithologist. Astrarchia stephania, Manucodia conwii, and 



