Recently published Ornithological Works. 591 



descriptions of all species yet recorded as met with in the 

 Philippine Area, including the Palawan Group. The list of 

 this Avifauna published by Mr. Worcester and Dr. Bourne 

 in 1898 * included 243 genera and 596 species. The present 

 list raises the total number to 284 genera and 091 species, 

 besides a few more not yet identified. 



As, however, will be manifest from Mr. Ogilvie-Grant's 

 paper in the present number of ' The Ibis/ it is obvious that 

 there is still much more work to be done in the exploration 

 of this attractive Avifauna. 



83. Marshall on the Anatomy of Phalsenoptilus. 



[A Study of the Anatomy of Phahmoptilus Ridgway. By Margaret 

 E. Marshall. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xliv. pp. 218-240 (1905).] 



This is an exhaustive memoir on the anatomy of a rare 

 and little-known North-American Goatsucker, Phalcenoptilus 

 nuttalli, based on two female specimens obtaiued in Texas. 

 It is well illustrated by three plates with numerous figures, 

 and is {l intended to be the first of a series " dealing with 

 the " Caprimulgi," i.e. the three families Caprimulgida?, 

 Steatornithidae, and Podargidse. When the other genera of 

 these families have been treated in a similar way the results 

 may be of considerable systematic value. At present they 

 appear to be rather meagre. It is not even shown how 

 Phalcenoptilus differs from Caprimulgus. 



84. Martorelli on the Variations of Dendrocopus major. 



[11 Dendrocopus major Linn, e le sue variazioni. Nota ornitologica 

 del Socio Prof. Giacinto Martorelli. Att. Soc. Ital. di Sc. Nat. xlvi. 

 Milano, 1906. 14 pp.] 



The Turati Collection at Milan contains a good series of 

 the Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dendrocopus major) and the 

 allied forms. Dr. Martorelli has used these specimens and 

 others in his own collection as the material for his present 

 memoir. This widely-extended species has been divided by 

 Dr. Hartert (Nov. Zool. vii. p. 530) into some 15 or 10 sub- 

 species, but Dr. Martorelli is of opinion that in certain of 

 * See IV. U.S.N. Mus. p. 549. 



