374 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



volume of nearly a thousand pages and co'utains mucli of 

 interest in the matter oB ornithology. Mr. Stuart Baker 

 continues his leisurely survey of the Indian Game-birds, 

 and each of the numbers has an article prefaced by a 

 fine coloured plate ; these represent Galloperdix bical- 

 carata, Francolinus f. melanotus, and Arboricola r. rufigularis. 

 Mr. Baiier has also commenced his Check-list of the Birds 

 of the Indian Empire, which will be the foundation of 

 the new edition of Gates & Blanford^ and also we hope of 

 the Systema Avium Indicarum. The three present instal- 

 ments deal with the Passerine families. The classification 

 is that of Gates with certain small modifications. The species 

 and subspecies are serially numbered and the corresponding 

 number of the ' Fauna'' given ; the original reference, type- 

 locality, and a line on the distribution follow. We observe 

 that a comma is placed between the specific and the author's 

 name ; this is not the usual practice now and is specially 

 mentioned as undesirable in the International Code. We 

 also notice that a good many birds are included which can 

 hardly be said to range into the Indian Empire, as for 

 instance the two species of Podoces (p. 233) and Parus 

 cyanus tianschaiiicus (p. 234), but the list will undoubtedly 

 be of the greatest use to all working Indian orni- 

 thologists. 



Among other ornithological papers Mr. H. Whistler has 

 some further notes on Simla birds containing nine additional 

 species previously unobserved ; he also contributes some 

 notes on the Nightjars of the Punjab. Mr. C. H, Donald 

 has completed his account of the Birds of Prey of the 

 Punjab, which contains many devices and suggestions for 

 recognizing these birds when on the wing. Mr. E. Ludlow 

 has some nesting notes from Ladak and the Tso-Morari 

 Lake in Tibet, and Capt. B. W. G. Hingston a list of the 

 birds of Dharmsala in the northern Himalaya with interesting 

 notes on vertical distribution and altitudinal migration 

 between 4000 ft. and 15,000 ft. A skin of the Arabian 

 Ostrich obtained by Sir H.Wilson from a Sheikh in central 



