113 Recent Ornitholugical' Publications. 



There is one thing for which we must express our thanks to 

 Prof. Schlegel. This is the first livraison of his useful ' Cata- 

 logue^ in which he has been allowed by his publisher to consult 

 the convenience of readers so far as not to leave a group incom- 

 plete. We trust he will continue this excellent plan in future. 

 It was too bad for his publishers, whatever may have been their 

 motive for so doing, to make him break off in the middle of a 

 seiitence, as used to be the case, and let the purchaser wait for 

 half a year or more for it to be finished. 



Hcrr 0. Finsch's excellent Monograph on the Parrots, of which 

 the first volume"^ has appeared, having been published in 

 Holland, must here be regarded as a Dutcli work, though 

 written in German. We shall abstain at present from giving 

 an abstract of its contents ; for we believe we may shortly ex- 

 pect the second volume, when we hope to return to its consi- 

 deration. Meanwhile let us say that, though in some details we 

 may not altogether agree with the author, we can confidently 

 ixcommend this work to our readers. From nearly every pos- 

 sible point of view the Psittaci are most admirably -treated, and 

 all collateral subjects most elaborately handled. 



The ' Archives Cosmologiques ' of M. Dubois continue to add 

 to the bewilderment of the Ornithologist. The second number 

 contains a " Note sur le Plaidus impennis " by the Editor, in 

 which are repeated several assertions respecting that species 

 which have been more than once shown to be unfounded; but 

 the plate which accompanies the article represents the two very 

 fine specimens of its eggs, the property of M. Demeezenaker, 

 formerly mentioned in this Journal by M. Olph-Galliard (Ibis, 

 18G.2, p. 302). The figures appear to be drawn somewhat larger 

 than the natural size, though, not having seen the originals, we 

 cannot be sure as to this point. Under the name of Tanagrella 

 dubusi, in the fourth number, M. Dubois describes and figures, 

 as a new species, a bird which Mr. Sclater assures us is identical 

 with the Chlurochnjsa calliparia (Tschudi) of Ecuador (Cat. Am. 



* Die Papageien, mouograpliisc'i bearbeitet von Otto Finsch. Erster 

 Band. Leiden : 1867. (London, Williams and Norgate.) 8vo, pp. 361. 



