Ornithological Literature of 1872. 483 



Sharpe, R. B. 



1. Exhibition of Specimens of Blue Rock-Thrushes (Petro- 

 cossyphus) . P. Z. S. 1872, p. 496. 



The author's view is that the blue and red P. manilla of 

 China is simply the immature form of the blue P. solitarius 

 sive cyanus, and that P. affinis, Blyth, of India, is the same 

 bird in an intermediate stage. 



(Cf. Sharpe and Dresser, B. of Europe, pt. x.) 



2. Contributions to the Ornithology of Madagascar. Part iii. 

 P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 866-869, pi. lxxiii. 



Describes a collection of Mr. Crossley from the country 

 south-east of Antananarivo, containing examples of 14 

 species. Of Oxylabes madagascariensis the adult and young 

 are figured. 



3. On Recent Collections of Birds from the Fantee Country, 

 in Western Africa. Ibis, 1872, pp. 66-74. 



Contains an enumeration of species additional to former 

 lists of Fantee Birds published in f The Ibis ' (1869 and 1870), 

 making in all 271 species. 



4. Description of some new Species of Birds in the National 

 Collection. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4. x. pp. 450, 451 

 (1872). 



These are Sitta tephronota, from Central Asia ; Diaphoro- 

 phyia blisseti, from the Gold Coast ; and Trichastoma rufi- 

 pennis, from Gaboon. 



Sharpe, R. B., and Dresser, H. E. 



A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the 

 Species inhabiting the Western Palcearctic Region. Lon- 

 don. 4to. Parts x.-xv. (1872.) 



Part x. Petrocossyphus cyanus, Tardus merula, Tardus tor- 

 quatus, Monticola saxatilis, Parus cyanus, Turdus pilaris, 

 Emberiza hortulana, Picus syriacus. Parts xi. & xii. Parus 

 lugubris, Picus lilfordi, Picus minor, Gecinus canus, Picoides 

 tridactylus, Parus borealis, Emberiza cia, Emberiza melano- 

 cephala, Lanius lahtora, Telephonus erythropterus, Surnia 

 ulula, Surnia funerea, Parus ledouci, Parus ater, Parus britan- 

 nicus, Sterna hirundo, Trinya mim/tilla. Part. xiii. Vultur 



