Recently published Ornithological Works. 385 



not obtained. Thinocorys orbignyanus was met with at 18,000 

 feet. Only one Duck, Anas cristata, is mentioned. 



The second list enumerates 11 species obtained at Lujan, 

 15 miles south of Mendoza, and contains nothing remarkable. 

 " Lamprotes bonariensis " is, we suspect, au error for 

 " Tunagra darivini," for the former is a Brazilian species 

 which would not be likely to occur in Western Argentina. 



4i. Hall un Australian Birds. 



[A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania, with their Geo- 

 graphical Distribution in Australia. By Eobert Hall. 8vo. Melbourne 

 and London, 1899.] 



This appears to be a useful manual of the 7Q7 known 

 birds of Australia, with special reference to their distribution. 

 The nomenclature and arrangement of the British Museum 

 Catalogue are adopted. The continent of Australia is 

 divided into the " Eyrean," " Torresian,'^ and " Bassian " 

 subregions, as proposed by Prof. Spencer; and these sub- 

 regions arc again separated into nine " areas,'^ which are 

 designated by numbers and are so indicated for the localities 

 of the species. It would have been better, we think, to have 

 added references to all the species not included in the B. M. 

 Catalogue (e. g. Stipiturus rufceps), to avoid any difficulty 

 in finding them. 



45. Hall on the Changes of Plumage in Malurus. 



rN(.)tes on Malurus goiddii and Malurus cyaneus, with special reference 

 to Changes in Plumage. By Robert Hall. Proc. R. Soc. Victoria, new 

 ser. xii. (1899) p. 59.] 



The author discusses the vexed question of the changes of 

 plumage in this genus at some length, and considers that the 

 annual double moult of the male is now an established fact. 



46. Hartert on Birds from the Gold-Coast Colony. 



[List of a Collection of Birds made at Gambaga, in the Gold Coast 

 Hinterland, by Capt. W. Girtkrd. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 403 (1899).] 



There is still much to be done in working out the exact 



