174 Recentli/ published Ornithological Works. 



described by Mr. Cheeseman, the Curator of the Auckland 

 Museum. 



4. Drummond on the Little-Barrier Bird- Sanctuary . 



[The Little-Barrier Bird-Sanctuary. By James Drummond, F.L.S. 

 Trans. New Zealand Inst. xl. 1907.] 



After reading Dr. Fulton's lugubrous account of the 

 decadence of the Avifauna of New Zealand (see below, 

 p. 175), it is pleasant to know that some steps have already 

 been taken to alleviate the evil and seem likely to be, to a 

 certain extent, successful. Little Barrier Island in the 

 Gulf of Hauraki (about 10,000 acres in area) has been 

 declared a '^ Bird-Sanctuary " and no bird on it is allowed 

 to be destroyed, or interfered with in any way. Mr. Drum- 

 mond spent a fortnight on the island in the beginning of 

 1907 and gives us a satisfactory account of what he observed. 

 He had only to go " outside his tent to see scores of Bell- 

 birds, Whiteheads, Tuis, Tom-tits, Fan-tails, and other 

 small birds." Many other native birds were observed, and the 

 two migratory Cuckoos are said to arrive and depart at their 

 regular seasons. Altogether some 41 species live and thrive 

 in the island, and the experiment, so far as it goes, is an 

 undoubted success. But we do not see that it will do much 

 to help restocking the main islands with native bird-life. 



5. Flower's List of Zoological Gardens. 



[Zoological Gardens of the World. Reference List, 1st Oct., 1908. 

 Capt. S. S. Flower, Zoological Gardens, Giza, Egypt.] 



Capt. Flower has sent us a copy of the new edition of his 

 ' List of the Zoological Gardens of the World,' which we 

 have great pleasure in introducing to the notice of our 

 readers. It is arranged alphabetically under six heads — 

 Africa, America North, America South, Asia, Australia, and 

 Europe. Altogether 80 Gardens are enumerated — 4 African 

 (Egypt and the Transvaal) ; 21 North American, in various 

 States, the best-known being those of Bronx Park, New 

 York, and Philadelphia; 3 in South America (Buenos 

 Ay res, Para, and Rio) ; 8 in Asia (British India, Saigon, and 



