202 Recently pubHsJied Omit hoi oyical Works. 



melauocephala (of Chatham Island) and Clitonyx albicapilla. 

 The cxtraordiiiiUT Ground- Parrot or Kakapoo [Strintjops hab- 

 7'opt'ilns) is reported to be still '' plentiful on the west coast of 

 the Southern Island." The widely-extended Common Heron 

 may now be ineluded in the New Zealand avifauna, a speci- 

 men of it having been recently obtained on board a steamer 

 off the fast coast ; and to this may be added Puffinus tenui- 

 rostr'is, To mm., wliich has been ascertained to breed on 

 Stephens' Island. 



7. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, \o\. ii. No. 1. 



[1. The Expedition to Sokotra: Descriptions of the New IJirds. By 

 W. R. Ogilvie Grant and II. O. Forbes, LL.D. 



2. Catalogue of the Coracife : Cuckoo-RoUer.s, Hollers, Motmots and 

 Todies, Kingfishers and Bee-eaters, and of the Trogons (Troffonidte) in 

 the Derby Museum. By II. 0. Forbes and H. C. Robinson.] 



Ill this number of the ' Bulletin ' we find a short history 

 oE the highly successful Sonotran Expedition of 1898-1899, 

 followed by descriptions of the birds discovered by it. These 

 are characterized as Sco/is socotranus, FrincjiUar'ia insntar'is, 

 F. socotrana, Caprinudgus jonesi, Phalacrucorax niyroyularis, 

 Passer hemileucus, and Motacilla forwoodi. The last two 

 are from the little island of Abd-el-Kuri, off Cape Guardafui. 

 We are promised a volume with a complete account of the 

 expedition and its results. 



Messrs. Forbes and Robinson routinue their useful cata- 

 logue of the Birds of the Liv.'rpool Museum, and now treat 

 of the Leptosomatidse, Coraciidae, Momotidse, Todidse, Alce- 

 dinidffi, .Meropidae, and Trogonidae of that important 

 collection. A ucav subspecies of Bee-eater is described as 

 MeJittophayns gularis (jabonensis (from Gaboon), and a new 

 Trogou as Pyrotroyun neylectus (from Malacca). We are 

 quite in favour of altering names if incorrect, but cannot 

 accede to the proposal to change the name of the African 

 Trogon Hapuloderma narina to '' nar'mum." The name was 

 proposed by Le Vaillant in honour of a beautiful young 

 Hottentot girl " Narina/' who was certainly not of the 

 neuter gender ! 



