Recently published Ornithological Works. 91 



Mr. Reischek, who had previously had seven years' expe- 

 rience in New-Zealand ornithology, made an adventurous 

 expedition in April 1884; to Dusky Sound and the adjoining 

 " Alps." He gives us some interesting notes on the birds met 

 with, such as Apteryx australis (which he found breeding, 

 incubation being performed by the male), A. oweni (also found 

 breeding), Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, and Stringops habro- 

 ptilus. The last named is purely nocturnal in its habits; the 

 young are very fat and " delicious food when roasted in the 

 camp-oven." 



23. Ridgway on certain Dendrcecae. 



[A "Review of the American " Golden Warblers." By Robert Ridg- 

 way. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1885, p. 348.] 



This is a useful synopsis of the difficult group oi Dendroecae* 

 allied to D. (Estiva, of which the author recognizes seven 

 species, besides subspecies. A new subspecies is D. bryanti 

 castaneiceps from Western Mexico. 



24. Ridgway on the Nomenclature of some North- American 

 Birds. 



[Some emended Names of North- American Birds. By Robert Ridgway. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1885, p. 354.] 



Mr. Ridgway gives a list of 77 names of North-American 

 birds, which '' represent new or hitherto unpublished combi- 

 nations," and have been adopted by the Committee on Clas- 

 sification and Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union, together with their previously employed equivalents. 

 One of them, " Callipepla calif ornica vallicola^ designating 

 the form o£ C. califurnica from the interior valleys of Cali- 

 fornia, is now proposed for the first time, the Lophortyx 

 californicus brunnescens (Ridgw. Pr. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 ii. p. 94) being a synonym of the typical form, which is 

 confined to the western side of the coast-range. 



* Mr. Ridgway writes Dendroica. But if, as we believe, the derivation 

 of this name is dtvdpov and oUos or oi/cea, the term should be written 

 Dendi'oeca. 



