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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  fVor'ks. 
  

  

  89. 
  Elliot's 
  'Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Pittidse.' 
  

  

  [A 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Pittidcs, 
  or 
  Family 
  of 
  Ant-Thrushes. 
  By 
  D. 
  G. 
  

   Elliot, 
  F.R.S.E. 
  &c. 
  Second 
  edition, 
  revised 
  and 
  enlarged. 
  Part 
  I. 
  

   Folio. 
  Quaritch: 
  London, 
  1893.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  D, 
  G. 
  Elliot 
  has 
  issued 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   edition 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Pittidse/ 
  the 
  preparation 
  

   of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  announced 
  (Ibis^ 
  1892, 
  p. 
  580). 
  

   The 
  first 
  edition 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  1863, 
  so 
  that 
  many 
  additions 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  ten 
  species 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Eucichla 
  gurneyi. 
  Eucichla 
  schwaneri. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  moluccensis. 
  Pitta 
  oatesi. 
  

  

  maxima. 
  angolensis. 
  

  

  venusta. 
  arcuata. 
  

  

  rosenbergi. 
  sordida. 
  

  

  Four 
  of 
  these 
  plates 
  are 
  newly 
  draAvn 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Hart, 
  

   the 
  others 
  are 
  reproduced 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  stones. 
  As 
  regards 
  

   the 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  we 
  are 
  pleased 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  

   Mr. 
  Elliot 
  has 
  come 
  round 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  to 
  employ 
  Pitta 
  and 
  

   Eucichla 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  principal 
  generic 
  terms. 
  We 
  could 
  have 
  

   wished 
  that 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  specific 
  appellations 
  he 
  had 
  also 
  

   followed 
  the 
  lead 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  British 
  Museum 
  Catalogue.' 
  To 
  

   call 
  a 
  bird, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Moluccas, 
  "moluc- 
  

   censis," 
  seems 
  very 
  objectionable. 
  Nor 
  does 
  it 
  appear 
  by 
  any 
  

   means 
  certain, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  Lord 
  Tweeddale^s 
  arguments 
  

   (Trans. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  ix. 
  188), 
  that 
  Turdus 
  sordidus 
  of 
  P. 
  L. 
  S. 
  

   Miiller 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  what 
  we 
  prefer 
  to 
  call 
  Pitta 
  atricapilla. 
  

   Miiller's 
  name 
  is, 
  in 
  our 
  opinion, 
  void 
  for 
  uncertainty, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  inappropriate. 
  

  

  90. 
  Fisher 
  on 
  the 
  Hawks 
  and 
  Owls 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  [The 
  Hawks 
  and 
  Owls 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  their 
  relation 
  to 
  

   Agriculture. 
  Prepared 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam, 
  

   Ornithologist, 
  by 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher, 
  M.D., 
  Assistant 
  Ornithologist, 
  U.S. 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  division 
  Ornithology 
  and 
  Mammology. 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  3. 
  8vo. 
  Washington, 
  1893.] 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  pleased 
  with 
  this 
  volume 
  and 
  with 
  

  

  