Recently published Ornithological Works. 601 



After a very exhaustive account of the soft parts^ and a review 

 of the osteology of this group, which had previously been 

 described at length by M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards in his 

 'Oiseaux Fossiles de la France/ the author concludes with two 

 chapters on the classification and on the anatomy of the Tubi- 

 nares. In the first of these he vindicates the division of the 

 order into two families, "Oceanitidse^^ and "Procellariidae" — 

 the former containing only the four genera Qarrodia, Ocea- 

 nites, Pelagodroma, and Fregetta, and the latter all the other 

 forms. This division was first suggested by Garrod in 1873, 

 and afterwards substantiated by the author's further investiga- 

 tions. In his essay on the affinities of the Petrels, Mr. 

 Forbes confesses the difficulties of assigning to this group a 

 satisfactory position, owing to its great isolation. But, on 

 the whole, he rejects the generally held notion of the alliance 

 of the Petrels to the Gulls, and maintains their affinities to 

 the Steganopodes and Herodiones. A new genus, ''Aeipetes/' 

 is proposed (p. 59) for Procellaria antarctica, Gm. 



95. Goodchild on the Occurrence of the Iceland Falcon in 

 Westmoreland. 



[Note on the Occurrence of the Iceland Falcon in Edenside. By J, G. 

 Goodchild. Trans. Cumberland Ass. Adv. of Lit. & Sci. pt. vi.] 



Mr. Goodchild records the occurrence of an immature 

 Iceland Falcon at Winton, near Kirkby Stephen, in 1842. 

 Only one specimen of this bird had been previously obtained 

 in any part of Cumberland or Westmoreland. 



96. Gould's ' Birds of New Guinea.^ 



[The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including 

 any new Species that may be discovered in Australia. By John Gould, 

 F.R.S. &c. Part XIII. Folio. London : 1882.] 



The thirteenth part of this work contains illustrations of 

 the following species : — 



Otidiphaps cervicalis. Pachycephalopsis hattamensis. 



Eutrygon terrestris. poliosonia. 



Edoliisomn montanum. Macriu^psar inagnus. 



