Recently published Ornithological Works. 191 
20. Collett on New Norwegian Birds. 
[Om et Par for Norges Fauna nye Fugiearter. Af Robert Collett. Vid.- 
Selsk. Forh. Christiania, 1877.] 
Mr. Collett introduces two new species to the Norwegian 
avifauna in this paper— Motacilla melanope of Pallas (killed 
near Bergen), and Phylloscopus sihilatrix (obtained near 
Laurvig.) 
21. Collett on two Collections from Madagascar. 
[Om et Par Fuglesamlinger fra Madagascar-Regionen, modtagne fra 
Aug. Lantz i 1867, og Missionslsege Borchgrevink i 1875. Af Robert 
Collett. Vid.-Selsk. Forh. Christiania, 1877.] 
Gives an account of two small collections—one made by 
Capt. Aug. Lantz in Bourbon and Madagascar in 1867, and 
the other by Hr. Borchgrevink, a missionary, near Tamatave 
in 1875. Fifty-nine species are enumerated, and named 
after Dr. HartlauVs ^ Vogel Madagascars.^ The prize in the 
two collections seems to have been a specimen of Neodrepanis 
corns cans. 
22. Oustalet on a new Sihia. 
[Description d’une espece nouvelle du gem’e ^ihia {B. desgodinsi) par 
M. E. Oustalet. Extrait du Bull. Soc. Philoinat. de Paris, 7® s^r. t. i. 
no. 3, 1877.] 
Sibia desgodinsi is among a small collection of mammals 
and birds obtained by M. Desgodins at Yer-ka-lo, on the 
upper Mekong, in 29° 3' 30" N. lat. It is nearest to S. gra¬ 
cilis of Assam, 
23. BalvadorVs ^ Prodromus/ Part iv. 
[Prodromus Ornithologiee Papuasiae et Moluccarum, auctore Thoma 
Salvadorio. IV. Bucerotidae, Meropidae, Alcedinidae, Coraciidae, Podar- 
gidae, Caprimulgidae, Cypselidae. Annali del Mus. Civ. de St. Nat. di 
Genova, vol. x. (1877) pp. 299-312]. 
One Hornbill, 38 Kingfishers, 4 Rollers, 9 Podargidse, 4 
Goatsuckers, and 3 Swifts are recognized as appertinent to 
the Papuan avifauna. Tanysiptera obiensiSj from Obi [Bern¬ 
stein), is described as new. 
