162 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
our pages. Eighty-three illustrations are given^ chiefly 
of heads, feet_, wings, and tails, but in a few cases of the 
nests : many of them giving a beautifully soft appearance 
to the parts figured. 
The book contains a very large fund of information con- 
densed into a reasonable space; but no one can read it 
without being struck by the immense amount of field-work 
that yet remains to be done with regard to South- African 
birds, the nests and eggs of many species — even of some 
breeding in Cape Colony — being as yet unrecorded. Anders- 
son^ the Layards, Ayres, are often almost the sole authorities 
that can be quoted ; though a great advance has evidently 
been made of late, for which we are largely indebted 
to Capt. Alexander (the Zambesi), the Messrs. Woodward 
and Mr. Millar (Natal and Zululand), and Mr. Marshall 
(Mashonaland). 
37. Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen on Birds from Madeira. 
[Neue Formen von Madeira, Von Vict. Ritter v. Tschusi zu Schiuid- 
hofien. Ornithol. Monatsber. ix. pp. 129-131.] 
It is here proposed to separate the Blackcap of Madeira 
as a subspecies, because of the browner tint of the plumage, 
also the Spectacled Warbler, Linnet, and Goldfinch of the 
same island, on what appear to be veiy slight grounds. The 
Goldfinch of Madeira is stated to be '' smaller,''^ but only 
two specimens have been examined, and we venture to say 
that small as well as large Goldfinches may easily be found 
in Europe. The author also wishes to separate the Mountain 
Accentor of Dalmatia^ Montenegro, and Greece as Accentor 
collaris reiseri, because of its grey upper plumage. 
38. Vallon on Count Arrigoni's Collection of Birds. 
[Die Sammlung italienischer Vogel des Professors Graf Arrigoni degli 
Oddi in Caoddo (Mouselice) bei Padua. Von G. Vallon. Ornithol. 
Jahrb. xii. pp. 89-97.] 
Herr Vallon, of Udine, has paid a visit to the celebrated 
Collection of Italian Birds belonging to Count Arrigoni 
degli Oddi, of Caoddo near Padua, and gives us an in- 
teresting account of it. There are about 7200 specimens 
