86 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



14. Kirk on the Eastern Golden Plover. 



[Notice of the Occurrence of the Eastern Golden Plover {Charadrhis 

 fulvus, Gmel.) near Wellington. By T. W. Ivirk. Trans. & Proc. New 

 Zealand Inst. vol. xvii. p. 59.] 



Mr. Kirk records the occurrence in Worser Bay, New 

 Zealand, in the month of November, of a specimen of Cha- 

 radrius fulvus "in splendid plumage." A pair of the same 

 species were subsequently shot at Island Bay. As already 

 stated [cf. Ibis, 1885, p. 114), this species has been recorded 

 by Messrs. Robson and Buller as breeding in New Zealand. 



15. Lansdell's ' Central Asia.' 



[Russian Central Asia, including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva, and Merv. 

 By Henry Lausdell, D.D. 2 vols. London : 1885.] 



The Appendix to the second volume of Dr. Lansdell's 

 interesting narrative contains a nominal list of the birds of 

 Turkestan, compiled from Severtzoff's contribution on that 

 subject to Fedchenko^s ' Puteshestviye v' Turkestan,' or, as 

 it is sometimes called, ' Turkestanje Jevotnie.' The vertical 

 and horizontal distribution are shown in parallel columns. 

 The English names, and an additional column devoted to the 

 Pamir district, have been added by Mr. Dresser. The species 

 enumerated are 385. As no complete translation of Severt- 

 zoif's work has ever been published. Dr. Lansdell's Appendix 

 will be useful for reference to those who do not understand 

 Russian. 



16. Lilford's 'British Birds.' 



[Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. Issued by Lord 

 Lilford, F.Z.S. &c., President of the British Ornithologists' Union. 

 Part I. October, 1855. 8vo. London.] 



The illustrations to this work are from drawings by Keule- 

 mans, printed by chromo-lithography in Germany, the species 

 represented in this part being the Mistletoe-Thrush, Song- 

 Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, Ring-Ouzel, Pied Rock-Thrush, 

 "Wheatear, Black-throated Wheatear, Redstart, Black Red- 

 start, AVhitethroat, and Blackcap. The plates are excellent 



