592 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



these forms the differences pointed out may be merely indi- 

 vidual. Students of this group of birds should not fail to 

 consult Dr. Martorelli's criticisms. 



85. Mearns on new Philippine Birds. 



[Descriptions of a new Genus and Eleven new Species of Philippine 

 Birds. By Edgar A. Mearns. Pr. Biol. Soc. Wash, xviii. p. 1 (1905).] 



Leonardia woodi is a new genus and species of Timeliine 

 birds from Mindanao. The other species described in this 

 paper are Pseudotharrhalcus griseipectus, Brachypteryx min- 

 danensis, Macranous mindanensis montanus, ALthopyga boltoni 

 (all from Mt. Apo, Mindanao), Cyrtostomus dinagatensis 

 (from Dinagat), Merula lelleri (from Mt. Apo), Gerygone 

 rhizophora (fromZarnboanga), Anthreptes cagayanensis (from 

 Cagayan), Muscicapula montigena and Pardaliparus elegans 

 mindanensis (from Mt. Apo). These are all out of a collec- 

 tion made during a year's residence in Mindanao by Major 

 Mearns and his friends, who have contributed a large general 

 collection of Philippine Birds to the U.S. National Museum. 



86. Oherholser on the Genus Bleda. 



[The Avian Genus Bleda and some of its Allies. By Harry E. Oher- 

 holser. Smiths. Misc. Coll. iii. pp. 149-172 (1905).] 



We agree with Mr. Oberholser that the group of Pycno- 

 notidse called Bleda, or until recently Xenocichla, is a " very 

 heterogeneous assemblage/' and requires close study and 

 rearrangement. But whether he has improved matters by 

 creating eleven new generic terms and merely giving lists of 

 the species is a matter of opinion. It would have been better 

 if every species had been described, or if, at any rate, 

 Mr. Oberholser had stated what are the species that he knows 

 from a personal examination of specimens. But there is no 

 clue to this. 



Besides the already established genera Trichophorus, Alo- 

 phoixus, Bleda, Bceopogon, Ixonotus, Phyllostrephus, Chloro- 

 cichla, Stelgidillas, Andropadus, and Eurillas, Mr. Oberholser 

 proposes the following new generic terms : — Idiocichla (type 

 Trichophorus notatus), Thescetocichla (type Phyllostrephus 



