348 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



{Balaniceps rex), which he himself shot with a rifle on 

 the White Nile near Lake No {op. cit. p. 476). We are 

 glad to hear that no specimens of this wonderful bird 

 may now be killed without a special permission of the 

 authorities. 



42. Mearns on a supposed neiv Sun- bird. 



[Description of a new Species of Suu-bircl, Helionymba raineiji, from 

 British East Africa. By E, A. Mearns. Smiths. Misc. Coll. vol. Ixvi. 

 No. 18. 1911.] 



The type of this species was obtained on the Telec River 

 in the Sotik District, B. E. A. It is stated to be closely 

 related to H. crythrocerca. 



■ 43. Mearns on new Cisticolse. 



[Descriptions of Seven new African Gr.nss-Warblei's of the Genus 

 Cistlcola. By E. A. Mearns. Smiths. Misc. Coll. vol. Ixvi. No. 23. 1912.] 



This paper is based on the collections made by the East- 

 African Expedition under Col. Roosevelt, and contains 

 descriptiotis of the following species and subspecies, 

 supposed to be new : — Cisticola prinioides kilimensis, C. suh- 

 ruficapilla (pquatorialis, C su'>riificapiUa borea^ C. alleniy 

 C. strancjei kapitensis, C. difficUis, and C. hypoxaalha 

 reichenowi. 



44. Reiser on the TVheatears of the Balkan Peninsula. 



[Ueber die schwartz-weissen Steinschnijitzer dor Ballian-halbinsel. 

 Von Otmar Beiser, Sarjevo. Ber. Intern. Orn.-Kongress Berlin, 1910.] 



After giving a short sketch of the three divisions of tlie 

 Fauna of the Balkan Peninsula and the Wheatears of 

 each of tliem, this experienced and accurate observer 

 discusses the much-vexed question of the relations of the 

 two Black-and-White species (Saxicola melanoleuca and 

 S. alhicollis) to one anotlier, and comes to the conclusion 

 that Mr. Rothschild and Dr. Ilartert (see Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. 

 p. 685) were correct in deciding that they are only different 

 forms of the same species. 



