478 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
scribed in 1875. Figures of the bones of both these species 
are given in the plates with which this volume is enriched. 
63. Mollendorff^s Vertebrata of the Province of Chihli. 
[The Vertebrata of the Province of Chihli, with Notes on Chinese 
Zoological Nomenclature. J. North-China Branch R. As. Soc. 1877, 
pp. 41-111.] 
The ornithological portion of this paper occupies part ii. 
(pp. 76-102), and consists of an enumeration of Chinese 
birds, compiled chiefly from the writings of Swinhoe and 
Pere David. To some birds a note is given of their distri¬ 
bution, and to many their names in Chinese are added. The 
introduction contains a list of works on the natural history 
of North China, both foreign and Chinese. 
64. Tschusi zu Bchmidhofen^s ^Birds of Balzburg.^ 
[Die Vogel Salzburg. Fine Aufzahlung alle in diesem Lande bisher 
beobachteten Arten, mit Bemerkungen und Nachweisen iiber ihr Vor- 
kommen. 8vo, pp. 90. Salzburg : 1877.] 
This paper seems to be an amplification of the author^s 
former articles on the same subject, published in the ^ Zoolo- 
gischer Garten ^ for 1875-76, and is a handy guide to the 
birds of the Salzburg district. 239 species are mentioned, 
to the names of each of which certain useful references are 
given, and a note appended mentioning when and where each 
species has been found or may be looked for. 
65. Pelzeln on Birds from Ecuador. 
'~V [Weitere Sendungen von Vogeln aus Ecuador. Verb. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. 
1878, pp. 15-20.] 
This paper consists of lists of two collections of bird-skins 
recently received at the Vienna Museum. The first calls for 
no special comment ; but in the second we notice the names 
of several rare species, such as the Humming-birds Urochroa 
bouguerij Urosticte ruficrissa, and Boucieria insectivora. This 
collection also contained Cyanocitta pulchra of Lawrence, and 
a species of Chlorochrysa, which Hr. von Pelzeln here de¬ 
scribes as new under the name of C. sodiroi. It is com- 
