Recently published Ornithological Works. 711 



volume. The plates have been drawn by Mr. L. A. Fuertes, 

 an accomplished artist well known in America, and are 

 " full of life," but in some instances, we think, a little 

 over-coloured. 



The last history of the birds of the State of New York 

 was that of De Kay, published more than sixty years ago, 

 and it was therefore quite time that a new treatise on the 

 subject should be undertaken, especially as during this long 

 interval upwards of 100 species have been added to the List 

 of those met with in the State. 



The nomenclature and arrangement followed in the 

 present work are those of the well-known American ' Check- 

 list ': so that, beginning with the lowest forms, we are 

 carried on as far as the Pigeons, leaving the mighty army of 

 Passeres for the second volume. 



85. 'The Emu: 



[The Emu. A Quarterly Magazine to popularize the Study and Pro- 

 tection of Native Birds. Vol. ix. pts. 2-4, Oct. 1909-April 1910.] 



The October number commences with two lists of Birds 

 by Mr. G. M. Mathews : one from North-west Australia in 

 continuation of a former instalment, the other from the 

 Alexandra District, which is supplementary to that given in 

 'The Ibis' for 1907 (p. 387). They contain short notes 

 from the collectors Rogers and Stalker on the colours of 

 the soft parts and the birds' food. Mr. C. G. Gibson follows 

 with an article on the species found between Kalgoorlie and 

 the South Australian Border; Mr. R. Hall with notes on 

 Murray River Ducks and on variation in Trichoglossus nova- 

 hollandia ; Mr. A. F. Crossman on birds seen at Cumminin 

 Station, W.A. ; and Mr. Mathews on additions to his ' Hand- 

 list to the Birds of Australasia.' We do not find much of 

 very general interest in these papers, though they will 

 doubtless prove useful to workers in the special districts ; 

 but Miss Fletcher's ' Bird Notes from Cleveland, Tasmania' 

 (pt. ii.), deal in a graphic manner with the habits of some 

 of the rarer species of that country, while Mr. D, Le Souef 



