Ixiv LITEEATUEE. 



1885. Sharpe, R. Bowdler. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the 

 Collection of the British Museum. Pringilliformes : Part I. Containing the 

 Families Dicceidce, Hirundiniclce, Ampelidce, Mniotiltidoi, and MotacilUd<s. 

 8vo. London, 1885. Pp. xiv, 682. Pis. xii. 



The Swallows are described on pp. 85-210. The same arrangement of the two subfamilies, first 

 proposed in 1870, is adhered to. The number of genera and species is as follows : — 1. Chelidon, Boie 

 (6 species). 2. Co<i/e, Boie (12 species). 3. Tachycmeta,Csi\). [7 species). 4. P^e^ma, Bp. (2 species). 

 5. i?i?-M?«c?o,L. (38 species). 6. CAemmaca, Cab. (1 species). 7. Pro^rwe, Boie ( 7 species) . 8. Atticora, 

 Boie (7 species). 9. Petrochelidoii, Cah. (10 species). 10. F^a/zc^o^rocwe, Cab. (7 species). 11. Siel- 

 gidopteryx, Baird (3 species). 



Cotile shelleyi, sp. n. (p. 100), Egypt. 



Petrochelidon timoriensis, subsp. n. (p. 192), Timor. 



1885. Sharpe, R. Bowdler, and Wtatt, Claude W. A Monograph of the 

 JUnmdinidce, or Family of Swallows. Part I. 4to. London, September 1886. 



The species figured are Hirundo semirufa, H. hucosoma, H. smiihii, H. angolensis, Psalidoprocne 

 obscura, Hirundo striolata (plate only). 



1885. . The same. Part II. December 1885. 



Contents : — Hirundo gordoni (no plate), H. senegalensis, H. athiopica, H. doniicella, Chelidon 

 dasypus, Cotile fuligula, Chelidon urbica, ^uv. (plate only). 



1885. Stejneger, L. Piesults of Ornithological Explorations in the Commaoder 



Islands and in Kamtschatka. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, pp. 382, pis. i.-ix. 



Admirable critical notes on Swallows are given (pp. 267-272, 346-348), especially on the H. ty fieri 

 group, the notes on tlie migration of the species being of great importance. 



1886. OusTALET, E. Notice sur quelques Oiseaux nouveaux du Congo. Le Naturaliste, 



1886, pp. 299-300. 



Phedina brazzce, sp. n. (p. 300). 



1886. GiGLiOLi, E. H. Avifauna Italica. Elencho deUe Specie di Uccelli stazionarie o 

 di passaggio in Italia. 8vo. Firenze, 1886. Pp. 1-626. 

 Chelidon cashmiriensis (p. 187) and Cotile obsoleta (p. 190) are here introduced into the European 

 fauna (c/. Salvad. Elenc. Ucc. Ital. pp. 81, 84). 



1886. Stejneger, L. On a collection of Birds made by Mr. M. Namiye in the Liu 

 Kiu Islands, Japan, with descriptions of new Species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 ix. pp. 631-646. 



Chelidon naviiyei, sp. n. (p. 646). 



