324 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



and presented in the paper here qnoted. As is well known, 

 the Woodcock migrates at night in large parties, and the 

 author has found that the mass of migratory birds arrive 

 and again depart on certain critical days in October in vast 

 numbers. All the results arrived at are plotted down on a 

 map which accompanies the article. 



Tschusi on Palcearctic Birds. 



[Ueber paloearktische Formen, von Viktor, Ritter von Tscbusi zu 

 Schmidhoften. Orn. Jalirb. xxiii. 1912, pp. 216-220. 



Massenauftreten der Wacbolderdrossel {Tnnlus pilaris L.) ini Obcr- 

 osterreich. Id., Omitb. Monatsscbvift, xxxvii. 1912, pp. 154-155. 



Zur Gescbicbte der Ornitbologie in Steiermark. Id., Mitt. Natiirv. 

 Ver. fiir Steiermark, xlviii. 1912, pp. 361-375.] 



The author in the first paper describes four new sub- 

 species of Palsearctic birds, viz., Riparia riparia fusco-colloris 

 from southern Dalmatia, Locustella fiuviatilis obscura from 

 Bosnia, Loxia curvirostra corsicana and Coturnix cotnrnix 

 corsicana from Corsica. 



The second note deals with a sudden eruption of Field- 

 fares and Redwings in Upper Austria in November, perhaps 

 attracted by the ripe service berries. The third contains some 

 account of the Ornithologists of Styria and of their work. 



Uchida on the Birds of Formosa. 



[A Hand-list of Formosan Birds. By Seinosuke Ucbida, Oruitbologi't 

 in tlie Bureau of Agriculture, Tokyo. Ann. Zool. Japon. vii. 1912, 

 pp. 137-214.] 



This is a useful list, compiled by the Ornithologist of the 

 Bureau of Agriculture of Japan, from previous authorities, 

 and from the study of the collections at Tokyo. It 

 enumerates 290 species, and gives short notes on each of 

 them. Since the last important work on the birds of 

 Formosa was published by Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and 

 La Touche in this Journal (' Ibis/ 1907, p. 151 and p. 254), 

 some remarkable additions have been made, among which 

 the most important are the species lately described and 

 figured by INlr. Ogilvie-Grant in this Journal (see 'Ibis,' 



