370 RecrDlIy pithliaJtcd Oniitholoyical Wurks. 



1901. 

 Thk Ibis. 



On some Colleetious of Birds from tlie Protectorate of British Central 

 Africa, received in 1899 and 1900. A^'ith an Introduction by 

 P. L. Selater, p. 161. 

 On a Collection of Birds from Nyasaland, p. 586. 



The Birds of Africa, comprising all the Species which occur in the 

 Ethiopian Uegion, Vols. i.-v. pt. 1 (1896-1906). 



With much regret we have also to record the death of 

 our Foreign Member, Dr. A. B. Meyek, and of two other 

 Ornithologists, who, althougli not members of our Union, 

 liave done excellent work for our Science. These are 

 Mr. W. E. D. Scott, the author of an important memoir 

 on the Birds of Jamaica, published in ' The Auk' (1901-.2), 

 and other papers, and Dr. Caul Parrot, of JNlunich, the 

 Founder of tiie " Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern/' 

 and the Editor of its Journal. We lio])e to be able to give 

 further details on their work in our next number. 



XIII. — Notices of recent OrnitJiological Publications. 



[Continued from p. 182.] 



28. Allen on Brissuii's ' Genera of Birds.' 



[Collation of Brissoii's Genera of Birds with those of Liun.'ens. By 

 J. A. Allen. Bull. American Mus. N. II. xxviii. p. 317 (1910).] 



This is a complete and most useful resume of the much- 

 discussed question of the validity of Brisson's generic names 

 ol Birds, which those who are interested in terminology 

 should not fail to study carefully. To those who use the 

 last and most perfect edition of the ' Systema Naturte ' as 

 the commencement of Zoological Nomenclature it is not of 

 such great importance. But, whatever may be the result, 

 we believe that the " Ultra-prioritarians/' being not agreed 

 amongst themselves, will fail in their attempts to persuade 

 the writers in Zoology to adopt a uniform nomenclature, 



