Recently published Ornithological Works. 489 
scientific names to the vernacular, as some of the popular 
Australian terms would be likely to mislead a European 
reader. 
62. Hartert’s ‘ Birds of the Palearctic Faunal 
[Die Vogel der paliiarktisechen Fauna. Von Dr. Ernst Hartert. 
Heft iv.* Berlin, 1907.) 
In the fourth part of this important work the Paridae— 
under which family-name Dr. Hartert arranges the three 
subfamilies Parine, Regulinz, and Paradoxornithine —are 
brought to a conclusion. After the typical Pari, 93 in 
number, are taken the aberrant genera Agithalus (scr. Acre- 
dula), Anthoscopus, and Cephalopyrus, which add some 20 
more forms to the list, and make the Palearctic Parinz 115 
in number. ‘The new subspecies indicated are Parus major 
cashmirensis, P. m. tibetanus, P. m. okinawe, P. ceruleus 
ogliastre (Sardinia and Corsica), and P. lugubris anatolicus. 
According to the nomenclature here adopted our British 
Tits would be Parus major newtori, P. ceruleus obscurus, 
P. ater britannicus, P. cristatus scoticus, P. palustris dres- 
seri, and Afgithalus caudatus roseus, besides the newly- 
discovered and somewhat problematical Parus atricapillus 
kleinschmidti. 
The subfamily Regulinze comprehends the genera Regulus, 
Leptopecile, and Lophobasileus. Our Goldcrest is named 
Regulus regulus anglorum. Leptopecile sophia deserticola is 
a new subspecies from the desert-land south of the Gobi. 
In the diagnosis of the subfamilies (p. 340) Panurus is 
put among the Parine, but the so-called “Bearded Tit” 
is subsequently (p. 403) moved into the company of the 
Paradoxornithne. This, we agree with Dr. Hartert, is 
probably its better position, but a comparison of its internal 
structure with that of Paradoxornis has still to be made. 
The Paradoxornithine forms that, according to Dr. Hartert, 
intrude into the Palearctic Fauna in Eastern Asia are 16 
in number and belong to the genera Cholornis, Suthora, 
Psittiparus, and Conostoma. 
* Cf. ‘This, 1906, p. 194. 
