376 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
1901. 
The Ibis. 
On some Collections of Birds from the Protectorate of British Central 
Africa, received in 1899 and 1900. With an Introduction by 
P. L. Sclater, p. 161. 
On a Collection of Birds from Nyasaland, p. 586. 
The Birds of Africa, comprising all the Species which occur in the 
Ethiopian Region, Yols. i.-v. pt. 1 (1896-1906). 
'With much regret we have also to record the death of 
our Foreign Member, Dr. A. B. Meyer, and of two other 
Ornithologists, who, although not members of our Union, 
have done excellent work for our Science. These are 
Mr. W. E. D. Scott, the author of an important memoir 
on the Birds of Jamaica, published in ‘ The Auk 9 (1901-2), 
and other papers, and Dr. Carl Parrot, of Munich, the 
Founder of the “ Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern,” 
and the Editor of its Journal. We hope to be able to give 
further details on their work in our next number. 
XIII .—Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 
[Continued from p. 182.] 
28. Allen on Brisson’s ‘ Genera of Birds.’ 
[Collation of Brisson’s Genera of Birds with those of Linnaeus. By 
J. A. Allen. Bull. American Mus. N. H. xxviii. p. 817 (1910).] 
This is a complete and most useful resume of the rnuch- 
discussed question of the validity of BrissoAs generic names 
of Birds, which those who are interested in terminology 
should not fail to study carefully. To those who use the 
last and most perfect edition of the f Systema Naturae ’ as 
the commencement of Zoological Nomenclature it is not of 
such great importance. But, whatever may be the result, 
we believe that the “ Ultra-prioritarians,” being not agreed 
amongst themselves, will fail in their attempts to persuade 
the writers in Zoology to adopt a uniform nomenclature, 
