Recently published Ornithological Works. 599 



XLIII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 4G8.] 



90. Blakiston and Pryer on the Birds of Japan, 



[Birds of Japan. By Blakiston and Pryer. Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan, 

 X. pt. 1 (1882).] 



We are glad to receive a copy of tliis important paper, 

 which gives us a complete list of the birds of Japan, drawn 

 up by two naturalists who are, beyond all others, qualified 

 for the task by personal acquaintance with their subject. 

 The number of birds included in the celebrated ' Fauna 

 Japonica ' of Temminck and Siebold was 199. " This num- 

 ber is soon likely to be doubled, as the present list, although 

 reaching to 365, is doubtless far from complete, many parts 

 of the country not having been worked up.''^ Many excellent 

 field-notes on localities and remarks on questions of identity 

 are given in this paper. 



91. Blasius on Birds from Borneo. 



[Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Vogelfauna von Borneo (nacli den 

 Sammlungen des Ilerrn Dr. Platen) von Wilb. Blasius. J. f. O. 1882, 

 p. 241.] 



Dr. Blasius gives an account of a collection of 57 birds' 

 skins made by Dr. Platen in Sarawak, in continuation of 

 a former paper on the same subject [antea, p. 334). The 

 specimens are referred to 30 species. None are new to 

 Borneo; but useful notes, both by the collector and the 

 author of the paper, are given, 



92. Buller's 'Manual of the Birds of New Zealand.' 



[Manual of the Birds of New Zealand. By Walter L. Buller, C.M.G., 

 Sc.D., F.R S. Svo. New Zealand : 1882.] 



A most useful manual of the birds of T^ew Zealand, pre- 

 pared by Dr. Buller for the use of students in the colony. 

 The classification and descriptive portion of Capt. Hutton^s 

 catalogue of 1871 (now out of print) are adopted as a matter 

 of convenience. All doubtful forms have been expunged, and 



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