1 92 1.] Recently published Oi-nithological Works. 163 



rt is interesting to find that tlie earliest use of the name 

 Emu in English occurs in ' Pnrchas his pilgrimes,' where 

 the bird is stated to occur on Banda Island in tlie Molucca 

 group. The bird referred to was probably a Cassowary^ which 

 had been brought to Banda from Ceram. Skeat and the 

 New English Dictionary state that Enie or ]*]nia (whence 

 Emu) is a Portuguese word for an Ostrich or Crane, 

 but Mr. McClymont believes that the derivation is from 

 ^' neama," an Arabic name for the Cassowary, distorted by 

 the Portuguese into " uma ema " and thence into Emu. 



The volume is illustrated by three well-produced ))lates 

 in black and white, and is a beautiful example (jf book- 

 making. 



Mathews on Australian Birds. 



[The Birds of Australia. By Gregory M. Matliews. Vol. viii. 

 pts. 3 & 4, pp. 14r)-24, pis. 382-394. Loudon (Witlierby), Aug. & Oct. 

 1920. 4to.] 



In these two parts Mr. Mathews continues his account 

 of the Muscicapidte with the genera Ethelornis, Fseudo- 

 gerygune, Ireclideornis, FwciJodryas, Tregellasia, Kemjjiella, 

 PachycephaJa, and Lewinornis. 



This family has always been a source of troul)le, as it has 

 sonu'times been included in the Turdidie, while certain 

 genera have been referred to the Laniid^e, as for instance 

 Pachycephala. 



Ethelornis was formed by Mr. Mathews to contain most 

 of Sharpens species of Fseudogerygune ; they are compara- 

 tively large-billed, and all the nine members are of modest 

 coloration. They are largely found in mangrove-swamps, 

 but the habits of the various forms, both in this genus and 

 its nearest neighbours, are but little known, except in the 

 aggregate. Two subspecies are recognised. 



E. cairnsensis is now raised to specific rank; it is hrannei- 

 pectus of Sharpe, from Australia, but not New Guinea. 

 Here again there are two subspecies, one [robini) being new. 

 E. tenebrusHs has three subsijccies, of which one (^ivhitlocki) 

 was formerly referred in error by Mr. ^lathews to 



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