Recently published Ornithological Works. 685 
' The Ibis 9 for 1862, pi. ii.) of Argentina, and gives a new 
description and figure of it from a specimen in the Turati 
collection at Milan. 
120. Neumann on the Genus Sigmodus. 
[Neue imd seltene Arten des Genus “ Sigmodus,' 1 Temm. Von Oscar 
Neumann. Ornitliol. Monatsb. 1899, p. 89.] 
Herr Neumann reviews some of the African Bush-Shrikes 
of the genus Sigmodus, and makes two new subspecies of 
S. retzii —namely, S. r. nigricans from Northern Angola, and 
S. r. intermedius from Tanganyika and Victoria. 
121. Neumann on the African Bush-Shrikes. 
[Beitrage zu einer Revision der Laniarinen. Von Oscar Neumann. 
J. f. 0. 1899, p. 387.] 
Herr Neumann reviews the African Bush-Shrikes of the 
six genera Malaconotus , Cosmophoneus , Chlorophoneus, Peli- 
cinius, Laniarius, and Dryoscopus; Cosmophoneus being a 
new genus instituted for Laniarius multicolor and its allies. 
The following species and subspecies are described as new :—- 
Malaconotus hcematothorax from Cameroon, M catharoxanthus 
from the White Nile ; Cosmophoneus preussi from Cameroon, 
C. reichenowi from Cameroon, C. sulphureopectus suahelicus 
from East Africa; Laniarius athiopicus hydridus from 
Transvaal; Dryoscopus malzacii nyansce from Kavirondo and 
Uganda, D. m. erythrece from Erythrsea, D. cubla occidentals 
from Angola, and D. c. suahelicus from British and German 
East Africa. The various forms of Laniarius cethiopicus , 
after a special study of their divergences, are reduced to sub¬ 
species. In Dryoscopus several species are recognized which 
can be distinguished only in the female sex, the males being- 
near ly identical. 
122. North on Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. 
[Descriptions of the Nests and Eggs of Six Species of Auslralian Birds. 
By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Victorian Nat. xvi. p. 9.] 
Much attention has been lately paid to the nests and eggs 
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