120 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



ologists' Union. Melbourne. Vol. iii. pt. 4 ; Vol. iv. pt. 1 (April to 

 July, 1904).] 



The chief contributor to these parts of c The Emu ' is 

 Mr. A. W. Milligan, who, besides describing a supposed new 

 species of Kestrel (Cerchneis imicolor) from Yalgoo, in 

 North-Western Australia, contributes " Notes on a Trip to 

 the Wongan Hills, West Australia," the first part of which 

 is devoted to an account of the birds, and the second to the • 

 nests and eggs procured, with a discussion of the effects of 

 the soil and its flora on the distribution of species. The most 

 important items are the discovery of a new Honey-eater 

 (Ptilotis novcp-norcice) and of the nest of Acanthiza pallida, 

 while Lipoa ocellata and Psophodes mgrogularis are said to 

 have abandoned the district. Mr. E. Degen writes on the 

 genus Gymnorhina and on the Australian birds in the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens (London); Mr. T. Carter concludes his account 

 of the birds of the North-West Cape ; Miss J. A. Fletcher and 

 Mr. F. M. Littler contribute further papers on Tasmanian 

 birds ; Mr. R. Hail describes as a new subspecies Mirafra 

 horsfieldi pallida from West Australia; and Mr. 11. C. 

 McGregor, of the Philippine Museum at Manila, gives 

 us lils ideas on scientific bird-names. Among the minor 

 contributions are some interesting excerpts from the Journal 

 of Willem de Vlaming, concerning a voyage in the ' Nijptang' 

 to Australia in 1677. 



The plain plates are of Podargus strigoides, its nest and 

 young, Ninooc boobook, and Wongan Hills scenery : the coloured 

 plate represents Ptilotis carteri and Melithreptus brevirostris. 



9. Fatio on the Birds of Switzerland. 



[Faune des Vertebres de la Suisse. Par Victor Fatio, Dr. Phil. 

 Vol. II. Oiseaux, 2 me Partie : Gyrateurs, Sarceleurs, Eehassiers, Hero- 

 diones, Lamellirostres, Totipalmes, Lon<npennes et Uropodes. Avec 1 

 planche en couleurs bors texte, 120 figures originates dans le texte, 

 23 tableaux, et une 2 e appendice a la premiere partie. Geneve et Bale: 

 Georg & Co., 1904.] 



In 'The Ibis' for 1900, p. G81, we welcomed the first instal- 

 ment of this elaborate work ; and the second portion is even 



