Recently published Ornithological Works. 393 



to recognize, coupled with Mr. Beddard's notes on their 

 osteology and anatomy, have considerably advanced our 

 knowledge of this somewhat obscure group. Mr. Rothschild 

 now recognizes only five forms of Apteryx, two of which 

 he classes as subspecies. These are : — 



1. A. australis, of Stewart Island and the southern parts of 

 South Island, to which he unites A. lowryi. 



2. A. australis rnantelii, of North Island, to which A. 

 bulleri Sharpe is referred. 



3. A. haasti, from the mountain-range on the west coast 

 of South Island. 



4. A. oweni, from South Island. 



5. A. oweni occidentalis, from South Island and the south- 

 western portions of North Island. 



Mr. Beddard has made the great discovery that, so far 

 from having no oil-gland (as stated by Garrod, Fiirbringer, 

 and Gadow), Apteryx has this organ particularly large and 

 well developed. It is an ''enormous gland ■'•' lying "just 

 above the extremity of the vertebral column." This peculiar 

 structure is well figured by Mr. Beddard, but we regret that 

 he has not given us a rather more complete description of 

 the plate. JMr, Beddard also contributes important infor- 

 mation on the osteology and anatoaiy of these wonderful 

 birds. 



63. Salvadori and Festa on the Birds of Ecuador. 



[Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Ecuador. Uccelli. Parte 1. 

 Pasi?eres oscines. Parte 2. Passeres clamatores. Del T. Salvadori ed 

 E. Festa. Boll. Mus. Zool. Universita di Torino, xv. Nos. 357 and 362.] 



In these two memoirs we have a full account of the 

 Passeres represented in the great collection of birds made 

 by Dr. E. Festa in Ecuador, which contains altogether 2892 

 specimens, referable to 610 species. Part 1 treats of the 

 Oscines, of which there are 165 representatives. Of these, 

 five — Tardus conradi, Thryophilus leucopugon, Certhiola 

 intermedia, Spermophila aquatoriaJis, and Cyanolyca annelcB 

 — are characterized as new. Ten others are stated to be 

 new to the avifauna of Ecuador. There are also such 



