380 Recently published Ornithological Works . 
been recently denied by Mr. Sharpe (P. # Z. S. 1875, p. 108 
et seq .), are vindicated. In the second, two new species of 
Talegallus ( T'. fuscirostris from Southern New Guinea and 
the Arru Islands, and T. arfakianus from Mount Arfak) are 
described, the latter, however, being founded only on chicks. 
The third gives a translation with notes of D* Albertis's account 
of his collections on the Fly River, which we have reprinted 
above (p. 363 et seq.). 
44. Barboza du Bocage’s Thirteenth List of African Birds. 
[Aves das possessoes portuguezas de Africa occidental por J. V. Barboza 
du Bocage. (Decima terceira Lista.) Jornal de Sciencias math., phys. 
e nat. no. xxi. 1877.] 
In this article Professor Barboza du Bocage gives a list of 
a collection of eighty-one specimens of birds, representing 
fifty-one species, recently made in Benguela by Sr. Anchieta. 
A new Barbet is described as Pogonorhynchus leucogaster. 
It is nearest to P. leucocephalus. 
45. Homeyer upon German Mammals and Birds. 
[Deutschlands Saugethiere und Vogel, ihr Nutzen und Schaden. Von 
E. F. v. Homeyer. In Commission bei Dr. Rey in Leipzig. 8vo, pp. 81, 
n. d.] 
Hr. E. F. v. Homeyer, a well-known devotee to our science, 
gives, in the present essay, a summary of the useful and 
noxious qualities of the mammals and birds of the Father- 
land, in relation to the question of their legislative protection, 
a topic, in all civilized countries, of rapidly increasing impor¬ 
tance. It would have been well if such a carefully drawn-up 
series of observations had been prepared by a competent 
naturalist in this country before the recent Acts for the pro¬ 
tection of such birds and waterfowl were passed. Hr. v. Ho¬ 
meyer states that the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is the most 
useful bird in Germany; and as regards that country we 
may well accept most of his conclusions. But when he says 
“in Englandgibt es sett langerer Zeit keine Fiichse mehr” (!) 
we must come to the conclusion that he does not know much 
of what goes on in England. We are really afraid to trans¬ 
late the sentence, lest it should be thought suggestive of the 
horrible idea. 
