176 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
one of them (CE. heesitata) has the honour of being in¬ 
cluded in the British List, on the faith of a single straggler. 
8. Hartert’s 4 Miscellanea Ornithologica 1 : Part V. 
[Miscellanea Ornithologica—Critical, Nomenclatorial, and other Notes, 
mostly on Palaearctic Birds and their Allies. By Dr. E. Hartert. Part V. 
Nov. Zool. xv. p. 295 (1907).] 
Dr. Hartert shews that Acrocephalus inexpectatus of 
Berezowski and Bianchi, from Southern Kansu, is based 
upon a young specimen of Acrocephalus orientalis, the 
eastern form of A. arundinaceus . He also discusses the 
species of Scotocerca , and maintains—we fear correctly— 
that the form of Scotocerca lately met with in the Wadi Hof, 
near Cairo, by Mr. Nicoll, and characterized by him as new 
under the name Scotocerca inquieta innesi (Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 
p. 98), does not differ from the typical Scotocerca inquieta. 
9. Hilgert’s Catalogue of the Erlanger Collection. 
[Katalog der Collection von Erlanger in Nieder-Ingelheim-a.-Bh. 
Von CarlHilgert. Berlin: Friedlander, 1908.] 
The great collection of birds formed by the late Carlo, 
Freiherr von Erlanger, who lost his life by a sad accident, 
when only just commencing his career *, has been carefully 
arranged and catalogued by Herr Carl Hilgert, his taxi¬ 
dermist and companion in travel. The 12,500 specimens 
are referred to 1419 species in the List, and the name, date, 
and locality are attached to each of them. Tije collection 
is specially rich in N.E. African species (where Erlanger 
made extensive researches) and contains many types. The 
catalogue will be very useful to those who are working on 
African Birds, and gives many references to Erlanger's 
publications. 
10. Marriner’s Notes on the Kea (Nestor). 
[Additional Notes on the Kea. By George R. Marriner. Trans. New 
Zealand Inst. xl. p. 534 (1907).] 
Mr. Marriner visited a Sheep-Station (Mount Algidus) 
in the North Island of New Zealand in July 1907, and 
* See ‘ The Ibis,’ 1905, p. 144. 
