Becently published Ornithological Works. 517 
only result in establishing greater diversity, for no highly 
educated man will be inclined to submit to them. 
There appears to be one new species described in the 
present volume, namely, Geospiza harterti (p. 507), while 
the following new subspecies are characterized : — Carpodacus 
mexicanus sonoriensis, Pyrrhulagra noctis coryi, Cyanocompsa 
parellina sumichrasti, and Saltator magnuides ?nediamcs. 
94. Salvadori on new Birds from the St. Thomas's and 
Prince's Islands. 
[Due nuove specie di Uccelli dell' Isola di S. Thome e dell' Isola del 
Principe raccolte dal Si<^ Leonardo Fea, Boll. d. Mii3. Zool. e Anat. 
comp. R. Univ. Torino, xvi. no. 414.] 
Zosterops fece (hitherto united to Z. ficedulina) , from 
St. Thomas, and Tardus xanthorhynchus, from Princess 
Island in the Gulf of Guinea, are described in this paper. 
Examples of both were sent to the Museo Civico of Genoa 
by the well-known collector Fea. 
95. Schaloiv on the African Ostriches. 
[Ueber die Geographische Verbreitung der Afrikanischen Strutliioniden 
vmd liber ein Hilfsraittel zu deren Erforschung-, von Herman Schalow. 
Ornis, xi. pp. 427-432.] 
In this paper the distribution-areas of Struthiu camelus, 
S. australis, S. molybdophanes, and the so-called /S. massaicus 
are treated of, and the question whether the first and last of 
these occur in the districts assigned to the others is con- 
sidered ; skins, eggs, and the literature of the subject are 
also discussed. 
96. Shvfeldt on the Flamingos. 
[Osteology of the Flamingos (Odontoglossae). Family Phoenlcopteridoe, 
Sp. P. ruber. By 11. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S. Ann. Carnegie .M us. i. 
pp. 295-324, pis. ix.-xiv.] 
Dr. Shufeldt had before him in compiling this pap?r a 
complete disarticulated skeleton of Phoinicopterus ruber and 
a mounted skeleton, both from the U.S. National Museum. 
These he compares bone by bune with the American 
INIergansers and other Ducks, Geese, and Swans. After 
2 M 2 
