484 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



monachus, Lanius minor, Gecinus sharpii, Sitta krueperi, 

 Turdus iliacus, Alauda arborea, Otis tetrax, Anas angusti- 

 rostris. Part xiv. Nyctala tengmalmi, Sitta neumayeri, Loxia 

 curvirostra, Nyroca ferruginea, Acredula tephronota, Acredula 

 rosea, Acredula caudata, Cossypha gutturalis. Part xv. Gyp- 

 aetus barbatus, Acredula irbyi, Larus marinus, Loxia pityo- 

 psittacus, Limosa lapponica, Limosa cegocephala, Plectro- 

 phanes lapponicus. 



Sharpe, R. B., and Ussher, H. T. 



On Three new Species of Birds from the Fantee Country. 

 Ibis, 1872, pp. 181-183. 



The species described are Hapaloderma constantia, Photi- 

 dornis rubrifrons, and Huhua shelleyi. 



Shelley, G-. E. 



A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt. London : 1872. Royal 

 8vo, pp. 342. 



After introductory chapters containing a sketch of the 

 author's travels in Egypt, a complete account of its known 

 birds is given. Each species is shortly described, and 

 notes as to times and places of occurrence are given. The 

 species included are 352. The following species are well 

 figured : — Crateropus acacia, Saxicola monacha, Calamodyta 

 melanopogon, Emberiza intermedia, Erythrospiza githaginea, 

 Centropus aegyptius, Merops cegyptius, Merops viridis, Capri- 

 mulgus cegyptius, Buteo ferox, Turtur auritus, Turtur sharpii, 

 Rhynchaa capensis, Erismatura leucocephala, Rhynchops fla- 

 virostris, Larus ichthyaetus. There was much need of such 

 a work as this, which will be most useful to the numerous 

 inhabitants of more northern climes who now prefer to pass 

 their winter in the sunshine of the Nile. 



Shelley, Gr. E., and Buckley, T. E. 



Two Months' Bird-collecting on the Gold Coast. Ibis, 1872, 

 pp. 281-293. 



The two months were passed by these enterprising col- 

 lectors at Cape-Coast Castle and Accra. A list of 37 species 

 not included in Mr. Sharpens papers is given, raising the 



