366 Recently published Ornithological Works . 
59. Boeck on the Birds of Cochabamba. 
[Ornis des Thales von Cochabamba in Bolivia und der nachsten Um- 
gebung. Von Prof. Eugen von Boeck. Mit Anmerkungen von Prof. 
Dr. Wilh. Blasius., Mitth. d. ornithol. Vereines in Wien, 1884, Nr. 
7, 11.] 
The valley of Cochabamba lies among the Andes of Bolivia, 
at a height of 7000-8000 feet above the sea-level. After 
a prefatory account of its physical features and vegetation. 
Prof. v. Boeck gives a list of its native birds, with remarks 
upon them. The system adopted is that of the somewhat 
antiquated f Fauna Peruana 9 of Tschudi, being the only one 
available to the author in his remote and isolated home. 
About 110 species are included in the list. Phytotoma 
angustirostris is a very common and destructive bird 93 to 
the growing plants, which it nips off as they spring up. Its 
native name is “ Coque," because its mouth is green, like 
that of a coca-eating Indian. The splendid Humming-bird, 
Cometes phaon, is found in the valley, and also up to the 
height of 9000 feet in the surrounding Andes. Rhea ameri- 
cana, we are told, occurs in the Cordillera of Tacora, near 
Tacna. Can this be correct ? 
60. Dresser’s Monograph of the Bee-eaters. 
[A Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family of the Bee-eaters. By H. 
E. Dresser, F.L.S. Part V. Small folio. London : 1886.] 
Mr. Dresser's fifth number brings his monograph of the 
Bee-eaters to a successful conclusion. The whole family, as 
here arranged, contains 31 species divided into five genera. 
Every species is well figured by Keulemans, and the letter- 
press contains a summary of all that can be gathered to¬ 
gether concerning a set of birds which are not generally very 
well known. 
The fifth number contains figures of the following 
species:— 
Nyctiornis amictus, jr. Melittophagus bullocki. 
Merops viridis. -boleslavskii, 
--muscatensis. -revoili. 
Melittophagus gularis, jr. 
