490 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
Next to the Paride come the Laniide—another very 
dificult group, with numerous Palearctic representatives, 
which it is by no means easy to handle in a satisfactory 
manner. We are glad to see that the author puts all the 
typical Shrikes together under Lanius, and does not allow 
the numerous subgenera which have been proposed of late 
years. Dr. Hartert’s Palearctic Lanii are 36 in number, 
whereof one, L. excubitor bianchit, is a newly-named sub- 
species from Saghalien. Whether ‘ Lanius senator” of 
Linnzeus’s tenth edition can be correctly assigned to the 
Woodchat is disputable, though Dr. Hartert is strongly 
in favour of this procedure. Besides the true Lani only 
two Palearctic birds are assigned to this family, Telophonus 
cucullatus and Hypocolius ampelinus. We agree with 
Dr. Hartert in being a little doubtful about the alleged 
African localities of the latter, though it may possibly occur 
on the Abyssinian littoral. 
The next family treated is that of the Waxwings. But 
while he calls the family ‘ Ampelide,”’ the author reverts 
to the long-rejected term Bombycilla for a generic name. 
It is quite sufficient for us that in the twelfth edition of the 
‘Systema’ Linnzus placed ‘‘ Ampelis garrulus” at the bead 
of his genus, and we do not understand why his name 
should not be adopted. 
Two families that follow next, the Brachypodide (ser. 
Pycnonotide) and the Campephagide, are but teebly 
represented in Palearctis. Dr. Hartert admits 12 repre- 
sentatives of the former and 4 of the latter group, amongst 
which we find two new subspecies, Hypsipetes amaurotis 
stejnegeri and H. a. ogawe from some of the Japanese 
islands. 
The rest of the present number is occupied by the 
Muscicapidze, under which term Dr. Hartert would include 
the Sylviidee, Timeliidz, and Turdide, or the greater part 
of them. This will raise the family to gigantic dimensions, 
and it will be better to defer the discussion of it until the 
publication of the remainder, as only the true Flycatchers and 
part of the genus Phylloscopus are included in this number. 
