Recently published Ornithological Works. 157 



mentions Zarudny (whose acquaintance he made in Aska- 

 bad), and his enormous series of specimens collected in 

 various parts of this district. It is a misfortune that 

 Zarudny's - ' Ornithological Fauna of the Transcaspian 

 Region' (Moscow, 1896) is written in Russian, and is 

 therefore inaccessible to most Western ornithologists. 



18. Macoun on Canadian Birds. 



[Catalogue of Canadian Birds. Part II. By John Macoun. Ottawa, 

 1903. 8vo. Pp. i-v, 219-413. Price 10 cents.] 



The second part of Mr. Macoun's Catalogue, issued, as 

 before (see ' Ibis/ 1901, p. 505), under the supervision of the 

 authorities of the Geological Survey of Canada, contains 

 the Orders Raptores, Coccyges, Pici, Macrochires, and 

 Passeres (pt.). Since the publication of the first part much 

 valuable information lias been obtained with regard to Alaska, 

 British Columbia, Labrador, and the Hudson Bay region 

 from Messrs. W. H. Osgood, A. Brooks, H. B. Bigelow, 

 S. N. Rhoads, and others; while Messrs. Spread borough, 

 J. M. Macoun, and the members of the Geological staff 

 generally have shown considerable activity in various parts 

 of the Dominion, the limits of which for ornithological 

 purposes have been extended to Alaska and Greenland. A 

 specially remarkable record is that of the occurrence in 

 the far north of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher {Milvulus 

 forficatus), a characteristically southern species. 



19. Madardsz on Venezuelan Birds. 



[Description of some new Birds from Venezuela. By Dr. Julius v. 

 Madarasz. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungar. 1902, pp. 462-464.] 



The new species described are Elainea gularis from 

 Escorial, Cinclodes heterurus from Culata, San Antonio 

 and Valle, Siptornis certhia from San Antonio and Santo 

 Domingo, Synallaxis occipitalis from Escorial and Valle 

 and Bendrexetastes berlepschi from Culata. The last-named 

 somewhat resembles Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus, and 

 woodcuts of the bill are given to shew the difference. 



