138 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



description of the ousting of nestlings of foster-parents by 

 tlie former taken from Barrett^s account in 'The Emu' 

 (vol. V. p. 20). The male of this bird is said to be mono- 

 gamous. 



The forms treated in this part are Cuculus optatus, Hetero- 

 scenes paUidus, and Cacomantis rubricatus, of which various 

 subspecies are upheld (pp. 290, 309, 320) and one is newly- 

 proposed [Cacomantis eyrei). A new species is Cuculus 

 ivaigoui, and a new genus Vidyenia (for Cacomantis custanei- 

 ventris) . 



As usual, a general introduction is prefixed to the Order, 

 with the views of various authorities as to its subdivision, 

 the families used by Mr. Mathews being Cuculidse, Eudy- 

 namisidfe [sic], Scythropidic, and Ceutropodidae. 



Robinson and Kloss on neiv Malayan Birds. 



[Four new birds from Java. By H. C. Robinson. Journ. Fed. Malay 

 States Mus. vii. 1918, pp. 235-237.] 



[On two new species of Flower- Peckers (Uicaiidae) from the Malay 

 region. By II. C. Robinson and C. B. Kloss. Ibid. pp. 239-240.] 



In the first of these short notes Mr. Robinson describes 

 Dendrobiastes hyperythra vulcani, Pomatorhinus montanus otto- 

 landeri, Stachyridopsis melajiothorax intermedia subspp. n., 

 and Stachyris oricntulis sp. n., all from Java. 



The second note by Messrs. Robinson & Kloss contains 

 descriptions of Piprisoma sordiduni sp. n. from Selangor, 

 Malay Peninsula, and of Dicaum vanheysti sp. n. from 

 north-eastern Sumatra. 



Shufeldt on (he Monkey-eativg Eagle of the Philippine Is. 



[Our big colonial eagle-terror of tlie wild monkeys of the Diilip- 

 piues. Amer. Forestry, vol. xxiv. 1918, pp. 655-557.] 



Dr. Shufeldt has recently received from Mr. R. C. 

 McGregor, the well-known ornithologist of the Philippine 

 Islands, a head and foot together with the greater part of 

 the skeleton of an example of the rare Pithccophuga jefferyi. 

 He proposes to use this material to investigate the 

 anatomical relations of this, the largest of Accipitrine birds. 



