Recently published Ornithological Works. 477 
Icterus baltimore. Quiscalus purpureus, var, zeneus. 
Turdus mustelinus. Turdus migratorius. 
Coccygus erythrophthalmus. Collurio ludovicianus. 
Cyanospiza cyanea. Sayornis fuscus. 
Agelus pheeniceus. Thryothorus ludovicianus. 
Tyrannus carolinensis. Sialia sialis. 
79. Ober’s ‘ Camps in the Caribbees.’ 
[Camps in the Caribbees: the Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser 
Antilles. By Frederick A. Ober. 8vo. Edinburgh: 1880. |] 
Mr. Ober, the Smithsonian collector, whose discoveries in 
Antillean ornithology we have frequently had occasion to 
refer to, has published under the title above given an account 
of his adventures in the West Indies during the prosecu- 
tion of his researches. Various interesting notices of birds 
will be found interspersed in the narrative, e.g., notes on 
Chrysotis augusta (p. 112), Myiadestes sibilans (p. 199), and 
Quiscalus luminosus (p. 247). Mr. Lawrence’s papers on the 
author’s collections of birds are given in an appendix. 
80. Pascoe’s ‘ Zoological Classification. 
[Zoological Classification; a handy book of reference, with Tables of 
the Subkingdoms, Classes, Orders, &c. of the Animal Kingdom, their 
Characters, and Lists of the Families and principal Genera. By Francis 
P. Pascoe, F.L.S. &c. Second edition, with Additions and Glossary. 
12mo. London: 1880. ] 
This is a useful little book, the scope of which is sufficiently 
explained in the title-page given above. In the portion re- 
lating to the birds (pp. 210-237) a short description of the 
class is given, and a brief sketch of recent systems that have 
been proposed. ‘That adopted in the work is Sundevall’s, but 
to it are added notes, chiefly relating to different orders. 
81. Reichenow and Schalow’s ‘ Compendium, 
[Compendium der neu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. Von Ant. 
Reichenow und Herman Schalow. PartsI.& Ul. J.f O. 1879, pp. 308, 
420. | 
Under this title the authors propose to republish in the 
