172 Recently 2'>ublished Ornithological Works. 



lias now Dupetor and Ixohrychus for Ardeiralla and Ardetta 

 respectively. 



He withdraws the proposed genus Tohurides for the fine 

 red Mangrove-Bittern^ and the following subspecific names: — 

 tormenii for the N.W.A. Blue Reef Heron, roberti for 

 W,A. Black Swan, hamiltoni for the N.W.A. Pied Goose, 

 georgi for the W.A. Cape Barren Goose, ivestralis for the 

 W.A. Sheld-Duck, both peroni and gouldi in favour of 

 (javanicd) mistralis for the " Whistling Duck/' 



He separates the blue and white forms of Ardea sacra, 

 as some other writers have done, but drops the name sacra 

 Gm., which he believes to have been based on a hybrid; 

 his specific names stand as matook (Vieill.) and greyi. He 

 considers Ardea aruensis Gray = ^. picata Goxi\&=^ A. flavi- 

 7'ostris Sharpe, and calls the Australian bird aruensis 

 flavirostris ', he identifies A. maculata Lath, with the 

 Australian Night Heron. 



In the beginning of vol. iv. the disquisition on the Anseri- 

 forraes will be found most useful by students of the grou[) ; 

 and it should be noted that the author inclines to consider 

 the peculiar Australian genera of Antarctic origin ; further 

 on, a very full account is given of our earliest records of the 

 Black Swan. 



North on the Birds of New South Wales. 



[Zoology of New South Wales. Tlie Birds. By Alfred J. North, 

 C.M.B.O.U., C.M.Z.S. Extr. New South Wales Ilandbooli, British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 1914, pp. 294-313.] 



i This short review of the avifauna of New South Wales 

 was prepared for the British visitors attending the Meeting 

 of the British Association which took place in Australia last 

 year, by Mr. North, of the Australian Museum in Sydney. 

 Though containing no novel facts, it was no doubt most 

 valuable to the Members of the Association who took part 

 in the Meeting. It is illustrated by a plate containing 

 small but clear representations of some of the more typical 

 Australian forms of bird-life. 



