5-18 Recently imblished Oniitliuluy'ical ITorks. 



73. BenhuDi on Notornis. 



[Notes on the Fourtli Skin of Notornis. By W. I5Iaxlund P>enliam, 

 D.Sc.Lond. Trans. N. Zealand lust. xxxi. p. 146. 



Notes on certain of the Viscera of Notornis. LI. ihid. p. 151.] 



These two papers by Dr. Benham give us particulars of 

 the fourth known specimen of Notornis manteUi, which was 

 captured near Invercargill on the 7th of August, 1898. 

 It pi'oved, on examination, to be a young female in a 

 "thoroughly healthy clean condition," so it is quite probable 

 that there may be more of tliem in the busli of that disti'ict. 

 The external characters are fully described in the first paper 

 and the viscera in the second, and the latter are illustrated 

 by two plates. 



74. Bingham on two neio Birds from Burmah. 



[On a new Genus and Species of Bulbul and an apparently new Species 

 of Cyornis. By Col. C. T. Bingham, F.Z.S. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 7, 

 V. p. 367 (1900).] 



Col. Bingham describes a Bulbul, Cerasophila thompsoni 

 (sp. et gen. nov.), from Loi-San-Pa (6500 feet), and a Fly- 

 catcher, Cyornis brevirostris, from Kalaw (4000 feet) in 

 Upper Burmah. 



75. Chapman on two new American Grebes. 



[Description of two new Subspecies of Colymhus doniinicus Linn. By 

 Frank M. Chapman. Bull. Amer. Mus. N. 11. xii. p. 255.] 



Mr. Chapman proposes to separate the American Grebes 

 allied to Podicipes dominicus into three subspecies, calling 

 the two new forms Colymbus dominicus brachyrhynchus (from 

 Brazil) and C. d. brachypterus (from Texas). 



76. Chees€ma7i on the Australian Snipe in New Zealand, 



[Notice of the Occurrence of the Australian Snipe {GuUinago australis) 

 in New Zealand. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. Trans. N. Zealand Inst, 

 xxxi. p. 105.] 



The occurrence of the Australian Snipe {Gallingo australis) 

 near Auckland is described. This is the first example 



