140 Recently jmblished Ornithological Works. 



yet been published. It appears (p. 225) that ten specimens 

 of the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) were captured 

 alive, but made their escape from the enclosure in whieh 

 they were confined. We hope that the National Antarctic 

 Expedition will not return without some living examples 

 of this fine bird. Its near ally, A. patachonica, docs well 

 in captivity. 



6. Bryan's Key to the Birds of the Hawaiian Group. 



[A Key to the Birds of the Hawaiian Group. By William Alanson 

 Bryan. Honolulu, 1901. 4to. Pp. 7G.] 



The Curator of Ornithology in the Bernicc-Pauahi- 

 Bishop Museum furnishes us with a key to the Hawaiian 

 Avifauna, which may be iiseful to those who are studying 

 the remarkable forms of that group. It begins at the bottona, 

 after the American fashion, and contains diagnoses of 120 

 species. We cannot say that we admire the 15 photographic 

 plates of dead birds that illustrate the work, though they 

 will doubtless tend to assist in the determination of the 

 species. 



We are told, in the Preface, that the Museum in question 

 " now possesses the most representative collection of the 

 Hawaiian Avifauna extant,^^ containing upwards of 600 

 specimens, amongst which is the famous Mills Collection, 

 and that constant additions are made to it by the Museum^s 

 skilled collector, Mr. A. Scale. 



We venture to suggest that an octavo Handbook of the 

 whole Hawaiian Avifauna, with references to the two great 

 illustrated works of Wilson and Evans and of Rothschild, 

 wovild be a desirable undertaking. 



7. Burckhart on Psophia and Rhinochetus. 



[Der Nestling von Psuphiu crqntans und das Jugendkleid von Hhino- 

 chetus jubatus. Von Rudolf Burckhardt. Nov. Act. K. L.-C. D. Akad. 

 Naturf , Halle, Ixxix. No. 1, 1901.] 



Prof. Burckhardt describes and figures the nestling of 

 Psophia and the plumage of the young of Rhinochetus. He 

 notes that the colour of the nestling of Psophia has no 



