Recently published Ornithological Works. 339 



is continued from No. 4015 to No. 7980 (Muscicapidse- 

 Fringillidre). We think that it would have been better to have 

 called the *' subspecies ^^ by that name and not "varieties'' 

 — a term which should be reserved for abnormal variations 

 (albinos, melanisms, &c.). The following species are 

 figured : — Geositta rufipennis, G. isabellina, Lipaugus holery- 

 thrus, Attila citreopygius, Cyanolyca yucatanica, Xanthura 

 cyanodorsalis, and X. C(Bruleocephala. 



48. * The Emu: 



[The Emu, a Quarterly Magazine to popularise the Study and Pro- 

 tection of Native Birds. Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' 

 Union. Editors A. J. Campbell and H. Kendall. Vol. i. pts. 1-2, pp. 1-80, 

 pis. i.-vi.] 



We have more than ordinary pleasure in giving a notice 

 of the first two numbers of our " newly-hatched " con- 

 temporary, ' The Emu,' the official organ of the Australasian 

 Ornithologists' Union, while we feel a natural pride in 

 observing that ' The Ibis ' has at least suggested the title of 

 the Journal, and our constitution, perhaps, to some extent 

 that of the Society which issues it. 



A serial has long been needed to collect within its pages the 

 scattered papers on Australasian Ornithology ; and we notice 

 that it is intended to include articles on the Protection of 

 Birds, a very necessary matter in Australia of the present 

 day. The membership of the Union is by no means confined 

 to Australia^ for we see that Prof. Newton and Mr. J. J. 

 Dalgleish are on the list of the founders. 



That we owe a heavy debt of gratitude to Federated 

 Australia no one at the present juncture will deny, and we 

 may well hasten in return to shew our readiness to assist in 

 any of her new-born enterprises as far as we are able, though 

 it be by so small a contribution as a congratulatory and appre- 

 ciative notice of her first united ornithological eiBFort. ' The 

 Emu' itself, we are sure, will prove an undertaking of no 

 small importance, and that it may advance and prosper, even 

 until it rivals our own publication, is our heartfelt desire. 



The Union starts its career under tlic Patronage of the 



