286 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



specified ranges, of the various species of Acredula known to 

 the author. We observe, however, that A. sicula of Whitaker 

 (Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 52, 1901) is not included, and that, 

 on the other hand, A. dor sails Madarasz, which we believe 

 to be the same as A. caucasica, is treated as a valid species. 



(4) Treti ekzemplar Syrniwm ivilkonskii Menzb. By V. Bianchi. Ibid. 



On a third Specimen of Syrnium wilkonskii.] 



This note contains particulars of the occurrence of a 

 specimen of this Owl at Maikop, in the Caucasus, on an 

 affluent of the Kuban. 



(5) Materialui dla Ornitofaunui Akmolinskoi Oblasti. By V. Bianchi. 

 Ihid. [Materials for the Ornithological Fauna of the Akmolinsk 

 Government.] 



This paper contains a list of specimens of birds obtained 

 iu 1899 in the Akmolinsk Government north of the Syr 

 Dana. About 88 species are enumerated. 



(G) Obzor Form roda Ithaginis Waaler. By V. Bianchi. Op. cit. 

 Aiii. 1903. [Review of the Genus Ithaginis Wagler.] 



This is a thorough review of the species of the genus Itha- 

 ginis, with a synoptical table. Two new subspecies are 

 described, viz . f Ithaginis sinensis michaelis and /. berezowskii, 



the former from the northern slope of the Nan-shan Moun- 

 tains and the latter from the hill-districts of the basin of the 

 Blue River. Of these two subspecies Latin descriptions 

 are s'iven. 



33. Bianchi on the Species of Paridse. 



( Catalogue of the known Species of the Paridae or the Family of Tits. 

 By V. Bianchi. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, vii. 

 28 pp. 



This list contains only the Latin names of the various 

 forms, a few references, and a statement of the distribution. 

 M. Bianchi evidently believes in extreme subdivision, for 

 he recognises 195 species of 24 genera in his subfamilies 

 Pariute, Pa it it rime, and Chanue/iue, under the first of which 

 he places the Australian Xerophila and Sphenostoma and the 



