Recently published Ornithological Works. .'273 



41. ' The Emu.' 



[The Emu. A Quarterly Magazine to popularize tin- Stud} and 

 Protection of Native Birds. Official Organ of the Australasian Ornitho- 

 logists' Union. Melbourne: 1904, vol. iv. pt. 2.] 



Even in Australia new discoveries must gradually become 

 less frequent, though many districts still need fuller ex- 

 ploration, so it is not surprising that this part of ' The Emu ' 

 contains less that is absolutely novel than many of its pre- 

 decessors. Nevertheless, there are several interesting papers, 

 the chief of which are by Mr. J. F. Kilgour on a trip to the 

 Ord River, "West Australia; by Mr. A. W. Milligan on som< 

 critical species from the same colony and their allies ; and 

 by Mr. P. L. Berncy on migratory birds in North Queens- 

 land. Mr. Kilgour, in particular, gives an account of the 

 bower, nest, and eggs of Chlamyderu nuchalis. Articles on 

 British Papua, Bird Sanctuaries in New Zealand, and so 

 forth, followed by the usual minor contributions, complete 

 the part. 



42. Figgins's Field-notes on Alaskan Birds. 



[Field-notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Cook"s Inlet Region of 

 Alaska. By J. D. Figgins. Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. New York, 1902-4. 

 Nos. 15-18 (1904).] 



These field-notes relate to the collection made during the 

 " Stone Expedition " of 1901, and are additional to those 

 published in Mr. Chapman's Report on the birds collected 

 during that expedition (see Bull. A. M. N. H. xvi. p. 231, 

 and 'Ibis/ 1903, p. 415). The preface contains an interest- 

 ing description of the Cook's Inlet district, which is called 

 the ""' summerland of Alaska " and is the resort of " countless 

 thousands of waterfowl/' 



43. Godman's ' Biolugia Centrali- Americana.' 



[Biologia Centrali- Americana ; or, Contributions to the Knowledge of 

 the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by 

 F. DuCane Godman. (Zoology.) Parts CLXXVIII.-CLXXXV. London: 

 R. H. Porter.] 



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