374 Recently 'published Ornithological Works. 
by Dr. E. Blasius, J. Eohweder, E. Tancrd, and A. Walter, 
all names well known in connection with German orni¬ 
thology. Thirty-four observers in nine different parts of the 
Empire have contributed their observations, which have been 
worked up together by the reporters, and arranged in syste¬ 
matic order. They relate to 216 different species. The most 
noticeable general results are summarized in some intro¬ 
ductory remarks. 
73. Schalow’s Essay on the Touracoos. 
[Die Musopliagidse. Monog-raphische Studien von Herman Schalow. 
J. f. O. 1886, p. 1.] 
The Berlin Museum contains examples of all the twenty- 
five known members of the family Musopliagidse, and most 
of the recently discovered species have been made known to 
us by the enterprise of German explorers. It was therefore 
quite proper that the task of a revision of this interesting 
Ethiopian group should be undertaken by a German orni¬ 
thologist. Sehlegel and Westerman's huge Monograph of 
1860 is the last published general work on the subject. 
After some preliminary observations Mr. Schalow gives a 
resume of former views as to the position of the family in 
the system, and a list of the principal publications on the 
subject. In his key to the genera, after separating Musophaga, 
which is at once distinguished by the peculiar form of the 
bill, the remaining Touracoos are separated into five genera, 
Corythaix, Gallirex , Corythceola, Schizorhis , and Gymno- 
schizorhis, the last mentioned being a new genus distinguished 
from Schizorhis by its face being bared of feathers. The 
species are then taken in systematic order one after the 
other, and all particulars as to their form, colour, synonymy, 
range, and habits are succinctly stated. A list is given 
under each species of the specimens in the Berlin Museum, 
with exact localities. The heads of five species are repre¬ 
sented in a coloured plate. Altogether we consider this 
an excellent and very useful piece of work. 
