244 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
to say we are nearly as much in the dark on it as before. In 
our opinion, Reichenbach and his ways are quite incompre- 
hensible to the ordinary intellect. We had hopes that Dr. 
Meyer would have solved the mystery; but he has not done 
so. For instance, in our ‘ Handbuch’ we have 32 pages bound 
up (paged in roman numerals), containing an exposition of 
Reichenbach’s system, and a list of genera, without title or 
date, but headed ‘ Die Vogel.’ Dr. Meyer does not appear 
to have noticed or to have indexed this, although a mul- 
titude of new generic titles are given in it, e. g. Cyrtopeli- 
canus, Leptopelicanus, Catoptropelicanus, Chionochen, Sticto- 
netta, Marmaronetta, &c. Surely some notice should have 
been taken of these names, and they should have been re- 
ferred to in the Index. 
43. Newton’s edition of Tunstall’s ‘Ornithologia,’ 
[Tunstall’s Ornithologia Britannica. Edited by Alfred Newton, M.A., 
F.R.S., &. London: 1880.] 
The new Willughby Society, ‘“ for reprinting ornithological 
works interesting for their utility or rarity,’ have started 
with a reprint of Tunstall’s ‘ Ornithologia Britannica,’ origi- 
nally issued in 1773. Prof. Newton contributes a short but 
useful preface. The reprint, executed by photolithography, 
is reduced in size, but is otherwise a facsimile. 
We believe that this will be followed by a reissue of Sir 
Andrew Smith’s papers, and of A. H. Lichtenstein’s ‘ Cata- 
logus rerum Naturalium rarissimarum,’ both exceedingly 
scarce works. 
44, Oustalet’s ‘ Ornithological Notes.’ 
[Notes d’Ornithologie. Par M. E. Oustalet. Bull. Soc. Philomat. Paris, 
1879, July 12.] 
M. Oustalet shows that Bubo sinensis of Pere Heude (Ann. 
Se. Nat. sér. 8, xx. no. 2), from Chinese Thibet, is identical 
with Bubo coromandus. He describes a Woodpecker from 
Laos, of which examples were transmitted to Paris by Dr. 
Harmand in 1877, as new, and calls it Picus harmandi. It 
