396 
Recently published Ornithological Works. 
57. Schiebel on new Corsican Birds. 
[Neue Vogelformen aus Corsica. Von Dr. G. Schiebel. Ora. Jahrb. 
Jahrg. xxi. Heft 3 (1910).] 
Dr. Schiebel seems determined to make all tlie Corsican 
birds new subspecies, and now describes Scops scops tschusii, 
Prunella collaris tschusii , Fringilla coelebs tyrrhenica, Musci- 
capa striata (q. grisola) tyrrhenica , Troglodytes troglodytes 
koenigi, Cuculus canorus kleinschmidti } and Emberiza cirlus 
nigrostriata as new subspecies. 
58. Sclater’s Record of the Ornithological Literature of 
1909. 
[Zoological Record, Vol. xlvi. Aves by W. L. Sclater, M.A. London, 
Nov. 1910. 130 pp.] 
The vacancy in the staff of the 4 Zoological Record’ caused 
by tlie death of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe has been filled by the 
selection of Mr. W. L. Sclater for that laborious post, and 
his report on the 44 Aves 99 for 1909 is now before us. 
It commences, as in preceding reports, by a list of the 
titles of the books and papers relating to Birds issued in 1909, 
which were 1721 in number against 1949 in 1908. Then 
follow the subject-indexes, in which the books and papers are 
referred to by the name of the author and the number of his 
paper in the “ List of Titles/’ The most important of these are 
the 44 Geographical 99 and the 44 Systematic.” In the former 
the worker obtains information concerning the literature of 
any particular part of the world that he may be interested in, 
in the latter information concerning the birds of any special 
group in the system. In the latter index the compiler has 
wisely, we think, followed the order of Sharpe’s 4 Hand-list/ 
in order to conform with previous 4 Records.’ 
It may not be generally known that the Record on 44 Aves,” 
which is indispensable to all working Ornithologists, can be 
purchased separately for the moderate price of Six Shillings. 
59. The South African Ornithologists ’ 4 Journal .’ 
[The Journal of the South African Ornithologists’ Union. Yol. vi. 
No. 2. Pretoria, Dec. 1910.] 
The concluding part of this volume contains a paper on 
the eggs of certain South African Birds, mostly undescribed 
