472 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



breeding birds are more strictly enforced, the days of several 

 of tlie most interesting species will soon be numbered, if they 

 be not already told. The Roseate Tern, of which there was 

 a numerous colony in Selby^s time, Mr. Gurney tells us inaij 

 exist ; whilst the Sandwich Tern, few in number according 

 to Selby, but numerous some twenty years ago when we 

 saw them, seem now again on the wane, owing to senseless 

 persecution. 



Cannot our northern brethren do something to render the 

 protection of the birds on these islands more efficient ? An 

 effort should surely be made, as no other sea-bird breeding- 

 station in England can show half the interest of the Fern 

 Islands. 



55. ' Proceedififfs' of the Linnean Society of Neiv South 

 Wales. 



We have omitted to notice several ornithological papers 

 published in parts 3 and 4 of vol. i. of the ' Proceedings ' of 

 the Linnean Society of New South Wales. The following 

 are their titles : — 



(1) " List of Australian Game Birds and other Species 

 which should be protected by the ' Game Preservation Act,' '' 

 by E. Pierson Ramsay, i. p. 182. 



(2) " Remarks on a supposed new Species of Poephila," 

 by E. Pierson Ramsay, /. c. p. 197. 



(3) " Remarks on the large number of Game Birds which 

 have of late been offered for sale in Sydney, ^^ by E. Pierson 

 Ramsay, I. c. p. 215. 



(4) "Note on Poephila goiddce,"" by E. Pierson Ramsay, 

 /. c. p. 281. 



(5) Note of a Collection of Birds from New Britain, New 

 Ireland, and Duke-of-York Islands, with some Remarks 

 on the Zoology of the Group,^^ by E. Pierson Ramsay, /. c. 

 p. 3G9. 



(6) '^ On a Collection of Birds from the Norman River, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria,'^ by M. Le Comte de Castelnau, Consul 

 General of France, and E. Pierson Ramsay, /. c. p. 379. 



(7) " Notes on a Collection of Birds from Port Moresby, 

 with Descriptions of new Species," by E. Pierson Ramsay, 

 /. c. p. 386. 



