Recently published Ornithological Works. 169 



11. Hutton on a Cormorant from Campbell Island. 



[On a Species of Cormorant from Campbell Island. By F. W. Hvitton, 

 Professor of Zoology, Otago University. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. 

 p. 356.] 



Prof. Hutton now identifies the Cormorant of Campbell 

 Island (which he had previously recognized, in Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. xi. p. 339, as Phalacrocorax muyeUanicus) with. Ph. 

 nycthemerus, Cab. A sy.noptic table of the species of Cormo- 

 rants of the subgenus Leucocarbo is added. 



12. Newions' 'List of the Birds of Jamaica.' 



[List of the Birds of Jamaica. By Alfred and Edward Newton. Ex- 

 tracted from the Handbook of Jamaica for 1881. Svo. Jamaica: 1881.] 



" This list,^^ say the authors, " is intended to show as 

 briefly, and at the same time as accurately as possible, the 

 present state of knowledge in regard to the species of birds 

 found in the island. ^^ It is a very useful compilation, refer- 

 ences to the principal authorities on each species being con- 

 cisely given. Of 189 species mentioned, 43 are designated as 

 peculiar to Jamaica. 



13. Gates's ' Matabele Land.' 



[Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls : a NaturaHst's Wanderings in 

 the Interior of South Africa. From the Letters and Journals of the late 

 Frank Gates, F.R.Cf.S. Edited by C. G. Dates, B.A. Loudon: 1881. 

 1 vol. 8vo.] 



IVIr. C. G. Oates gives us an account of his brotlier^s travels 

 through Matabele Land to the Victoria Falls in 1873-1875/ 

 based upon his brother^s letters and diaries. The late Mr. 

 Frank Oates was an ardent naturalist, and made extensive 

 collections in many branches of natural history. He died 

 on the 5th of February 1875, in Matabele Land, north of 

 Tati, of fever contracted on the Zambesi. His collections 

 were saved by Dr. Bradshaw (the discoverer of Coracias 

 spatulatus) , who fortunately happened to be in his company, 

 and are partly described in the appendix to the present 

 volume. Mr. Sharpe writes on the birds, which, " in nearly 



