J 922.] Reccvtiy pnh/is/ied OrnHhohgiciil Works. 573 



XXXII. — Notices of recent OrnitJiological Publications. 



Babfiult on Indian Birds. 



[Recherches Zoologiques dans les provinces coiitralos tie I'Tnde et dans 

 les regions oecideutales de rilinialaya. Par Gny Fiabault. Pp. iv + 238 ; 

 80 photos, 4 maps. Paris (Plou), 1U21. 8vo.] 



[Mission Gny Babault dans les provinces centrales de I'lnde dans la 

 region occidentale de niimalaya et Ceylan 1014. llfeultats scientifiqnes. 

 Oiseaux par G. Babault. Pp. 1-342; photos, 6 col. pis., 2 maps. Paris, 

 1920. 4to.] 



In these two liandsome volumes ]\I. Guy Babault lias 

 given us au account of his journey to India, undertaken 

 in the interest of the Museum in Paris, to make collections 

 of the flora and fauna of the far east in 1914. Unfortunately 

 the mission was interfered with by the outbreak of the war, 

 Avhich found M. Babault and his party in Ladak on the 

 Tibet border and prevented him from completing his plans, 

 M'hich included a visit to Ceylon, Java, and Sumatra. 



The first of the two volumes contains a general account 

 of M. Babault's travels, the second one is the report on 

 the collection of birds : these are arranged in three groups — 

 those from the Central Provinces, those from tiie Himalaya, 

 and those obtained during a previous visit to Ceylon. Under 

 each species is given a list of localities, and careful notes on 

 the colours of the soft parts, of the condition of the genital 

 organs, and. the contents of the stomach, with other valuable 

 information. 



The following are described as novelties: — Otucori/s 

 ivellsi from Rukshu on tlie Kashmir-Tibetan border, and 

 Dicceuni erythrorhijnchits cei/Ionensis from Ceylon ; while 

 Scotocichla fascicapilla bahdulti was described in tiie Bul- 

 letin of the B. O. C. by I\Ir. T. Wells from specimens in 

 JM. Babault's collection. 



The coloured plates illustrate the new forms, LopliophaJies 

 riifonuchalis and Callacanthis burtoni Oates, as well as a 

 curious hybrid between Lanius nigriceps and L. erythro- 

 notus ; and two excellent maps show in great detail the 

 taken route and localities visited. 



