﻿Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  589 
  

  

  Coloured 
  figures 
  are 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  

   Sphenocercus 
  formoscBy 
  Osmotreron 
  griseicauda, 
  0. 
  wallacei, 
  

   O. 
  aromatica, 
  0. 
  axillaris, 
  Ptilopus 
  evgenice, 
  Carpophuga 
  

   (L'nothorax 
  , 
  Columba 
  grisea, 
  C. 
  albipennis, 
  Turturcenas 
  dele- 
  

   gorguei, 
  T. 
  sharpei, 
  Chamoipelia 
  buckleyi, 
  Oxypjdia 
  cyanopis, 
  

   Phlogcenas 
  beccarii, 
  P. 
  granti, 
  P. 
  albicollis, 
  P. 
  erythroptera, 
  

   Leptoptila 
  megalura, 
  Osculatia 
  purpurea, 
  Otidiphaps 
  insularis. 
  

  

  106. 
  Salvadori 
  on 
  Merula 
  alpestris. 
  

  

  [Intomo 
  alia 
  Merula 
  alpestris, 
  Brehm. 
  Nota 
  di 
  Tommaso 
  Salvadori. 
  

   Boll. 
  jMu8. 
  Zool. 
  ed 
  Anat. 
  Comp. 
  R. 
  Univers. 
  d. 
  Torino, 
  viii. 
  1893.] 
  

  

  Count 
  Salvadori 
  has 
  taken 
  up 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   forms 
  of 
  the 
  Ring-Ouzel, 
  Avhich 
  Mr. 
  Seebobm 
  discussed 
  in 
  

   this 
  Journal 
  in 
  1888 
  (^bis/ 
  1888, 
  p. 
  309), 
  especially 
  as 
  

   regards 
  the 
  Italian 
  representatives 
  of 
  this 
  bird. 
  Though 
  

   somewhat 
  embarrassed 
  by 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  finding 
  a 
  sufficient 
  

   series 
  of 
  exactly 
  localized 
  specimens, 
  he 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  

   conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  southern 
  forms 
  should 
  be 
  

   referred 
  to 
  different 
  species, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  resident 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  Alps 
  and 
  Apennines 
  is 
  Merula 
  alpestris, 
  while 
  M. 
  tor- 
  

   quata 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  Italy 
  as 
  an 
  autumnal 
  visitant 
  from 
  the 
  

   north. 
  We 
  should 
  rather 
  be 
  disposed 
  to 
  class 
  these 
  birds 
  as 
  

   subspecies 
  — 
  Turdus 
  torquatus 
  typicus 
  and 
  T. 
  torquatus 
  

   alpestris 
  — 
  as 
  there 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  intermediate 
  forms. 
  A 
  full 
  

   synonymy 
  of 
  " 
  Merula 
  alpestris 
  " 
  is 
  appended 
  to 
  the 
  article. 
  

  

  107. 
  Shvfeldt 
  on 
  the 
  Position 
  of 
  Chionis. 
  

  

  [The 
  Chionididae. 
  A 
  Eeview 
  of 
  the 
  Opinions 
  on 
  the 
  Systematic 
  

   Position 
  of 
  the 
  Family, 
  By 
  R. 
  W. 
  Shufeldt. 
  The 
  Auk, 
  x. 
  p. 
  1.58.] 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Shufeldt 
  reviews 
  at 
  some 
  length 
  the 
  opinions 
  of 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  writers 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  correct 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Sheath 
  - 
  

   bills, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  deviate 
  from 
  the 
  view 
  expressed 
  in 
  a 
  

   former 
  article 
  (c/. 
  ' 
  Ibis,' 
  1892, 
  p. 
  343) 
  that 
  the 
  Chionidida 
  

   constitute 
  " 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Unks 
  among 
  the 
  Plovers 
  and 
  Gulls,^' 
  

   and 
  have 
  their 
  '' 
  nearest 
  living 
  allies 
  in 
  Hcernatopus 
  and 
  

   Glareola." 
  

  

  