Recently published Ornithological Works, 657 
bases of the feathers being dark^ and the rest pure white ; 
the dark feathers on the upper parts lack the golden-yellow 
margins, and have narrow purplish-black edges ; the under- 
parts are as in P. scemmerringi, but more rufous in tint and 
less marked with black. Culmen 1*4, wing 8*7, tail 29*0, 
tarsus 2'4 inches. The specimen described is an adult 
male from the Province of Hiuga, in the south-east corner 
of the island of Kiu-siu, and is an easily separable insular 
form. 
Professor Ijima informs me that he has examined another 
male in the Science College Museum which is similar to the 
one above described^ and that Mr. K. Ogura^ who has spent 
several ye;ars in Kiu-siu, informs him that the white-rumped 
form inhabits not only the Province of Hiuga^ but also the 
neighbouring one of Osumi. A female, also from Hiuga, in 
the possession of Mr. Y. Tanaka, resembles the female of 
P. scintillans, but has the upper parts darker and the 
middle tail-feathers uniformly coloured and without trans- 
verse markings. 
XLII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 
[Continued from p. 520.] 
101. Aplin on the Birds of Bardsey Island. 
[The Birds of Bardsey Island, with additional Notes on the Birds of 
Lleyn. By 0. V. Aplin. Zoologist, 1902, pp. 8-17, 107-llO.J 
The author continues his observations on the birds of the 
above-mentioned district (see above, p. 144). The account 
of Bardsey is most interesting ; but to the ornithologist 
the nesting of the Red-backed Shrike and the occurrence 
of the Turtle-Dove in Lleyn are possibly more important. 
The Lesser Whitethroat and Eay's Wagtail are now deleted 
from the list of birds of the area. 
102. Arrigoni Degli Oddi^s ' Atlante Ornitologico.^ 
[Atlante Ornitologico. Uccelli Europei, con Notizie d' Suole Generals 
e Paiticolore del Dr. E. Arrigoni Degli Oddi. Con 30 tavole colorate e 
210 disegni intercalati nel texto. Milano, 1892. Pp. 560.] 
This new book on the birds of Europe, illustrated by 
