228 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Part XVIII. 



Drepanornis cerviuicauda. Pomarea castaneiventris. 



Charmosyna margaritse. Rhipiduva leucothorax. 



Ptilopus ricbardsi. Piezorhyuclius brodiei. 



Myzomela wakoloensis. browni. 



Dicseum tristraini. Halcyon leucopygia. 



Myiagra cerviuicauda. Zosterops fuscifrons. 

 Pomarea rufocastanea. 



Many fine sj^ecies from the Solomon Islands are included 

 in this series^ and render it evident that the avifauna of this 

 group is most rich and varied^ and worthy of special investi- 

 gation. Mr. Sharpe does not give us the locality of Myiagra 

 fen^ocyanea, which shoiild have been stated to he from Gua- 

 dalcanar, Solomon Islands. 



QQ. Gurney on the Birds of Norfolk. 



[Catalogue of tbe Birds of Norfolk. By J. H. Gurney, .Tun. Reprinted 

 from Mason's ' History of Norfolk.' 8vo. London : 1884.J 



This is an exceedingly useful list_, conveying in a condensed 

 form a large amount of information. It is especially service- 

 able as regards the distribution of the water-birds^ owing to 

 the delay in the appearance of those fuller details which we 

 may, perhaps, some day see in the long-expected vol. iii. of 

 Mr. Stevenson's ' Birds of Norfolk.^ The arrangement is the 

 only drawback ; for, unfortunately, the author has adopted 

 the sequence propounded by Sundevall, so that it is no easy 

 matter to know where to look for a bird. Who would expect 

 to find the Pigeons between the Kingfisher and the Barn-Owl, 

 and Pallas's Sand-Grouse following the Osprey ? On the 

 other hand, we do not find the Pratincole in juxtaposition 

 with the Nightjar, where Sundevall placed it ! We may be 

 partial, but, with all its imputed defects, we think that the 

 arrangement of the ^ B. O. U. List ' is better than this. 



Q>7. Hawtayne' s Taxidermic Notes. 



[Taxidermic and otber Notes. By a Collector. 12mo. 02 pp. George- 

 town, Demerara : 1884.] 



Mr. Hawtayne's handy little book will, we trust, carry out 



