Recently published Ornitholoyical Works. 



401 



III tlic latter group Vireo umauronotus (ex Mexico, Ori/aba) 

 is described as new. The following species are figured : — 



PI. IX. Geothlypis chiriquensis. 



„ caniuuclia. 



„ poliocephala. 



X. Dendrceca decora. 

 „ Setopbaga turquata. 

 „ Basileiiterus melanogeuys. 

 XI. Ergaticus versicolor. 



PI. XI. Setophaga lacrymosa. 

 XII. Vireo ochraceus. 



„ pallens. 



„ carmioli, 



XIII. Ilylopliilus viridiflavua. 

 „ Neocbloe brevipeurds. 



P. L. S. 



63. Gould's ' Birds of Asia.' 



[The Birds of Asia. By J. Gould, F.R.S. Dedicated to tbe Honourable 

 East India Company. Part xxxiii. Folio. London : 1882.] 



Tlietwenty-thirdpartof this important work contains figures 

 of the species named in the following list, among which the 

 two Sphenocichloi are of special interest. Mr. Sharpe (whose 

 initials are appended to the articles upon them) is of opinion 

 that the nearest ally of this peculiar form is Pnoepyga. 



Sibia melanoleuca. 

 Trocbalopteron melauostigma. 

 Aetinodura ramsayi. 

 Ilyloterpe philippinensis. 

 Sphenocicbla bumii. 



roberti. 



lyngipicns ramsayi. 



lyngipicus temmincki. 



aurantiiveutris. 



— — doeniesi. 



scintilliceps. 



Irena cyanogastra. 

 melanocblamvs. 



64. Gray on Eygs of the Great Auk. 



rOu two unrecorded Eggs of the Great Auk (^Alca wijyeimis) disco- 

 vered in an Edinburgh Collection ; with Remarks o^ the formtr Existence 

 of tbe Bird in Newfoundland. By Robert Gray. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 

 Session 1879-80, p. GG7.] 



Mr. Gray took the opportunity afforded him by the exhi- 

 bition of two " unrecorded " eggs of the Great Auk, which 

 have lately '' turned up " in Edinburgh, to make some re- 

 marks to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on this much-loved 

 subject. It appears that Mr. Donald M'Queeu, who assisted 

 at the capture of the last Great Auk in 1821-22, is still 

 living in St. Kilda. 



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