Recently published Ornithological Works. 373 



in tlic ' Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club' for 1898, 

 from which this volume may be considered to have developed, 

 with the aid of Mr. Mimn. Both our fellow-members are 

 resident in the county, and are therefore well qualified for 

 the work which they have undertaken. Naturally they have 

 nothing very new to tell us of so well-trodden an area, but the 

 letterpress will be found to contain many interesting records 

 cf former years, and notes on the present status of the species. 

 The total number of "Hampshire Birds" recorded is 294, 

 besides those which have been introduced, of which the Wild 

 Turkey is the most remarkable. A list of the birds of Sel- 

 borne is given separately, and an account of the "Protection" 

 afforded to birds in the county is added to the Introduction. 



43. Mascha on the Structure of Wing -feat hers. 



[The Structure of Wing-feathers. By Dr. E. Mascha. Smiths. Misc. 

 Coll. iii.pp. 1-30(1905).] 



This is an elaborate memoir on the structure of the wing- 

 feathers of birds, prepared by Dr. Mascha under the superin- 

 tendence of Prof. R. v. Lendenfeld, of Prague. It has been 

 translated from the German original, which is to be published 

 in the ' Zeitschrif t fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie/ The 

 microscopical structure of the wing-feathers is fully described 

 and illustrated by a series of 16 well-drawn plates. The 

 conclusions arrived at are set out in a summary of results. 

 We observe that the phraseology of Nitzsch's 'Pterylo- 

 graphie ' is not adhered to, and that the English translation 

 of his standard work on this subject is not mentioned in the 

 List of authorities. 



44. Miller on Birds from Sinaloa, Mexico. 



[List of Birds collected in Southern Sinaloa, Mexico, by J. H. Batty 

 during- 1903-4. By W. D. Miller. Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. xxi. p. 339 

 (1905).] 



This is an account of a large collection made by Mr. J. H. 

 Batty in the southern part of the Mexican Province of 

 Sinaloa in 1903-4, with short but apposite field-notes by 

 the collector. The collection contains 1164 specimens, 



