1 9 1 7 • J Recently published Ornitholoyical Works. 1 1 5 



Forraosan Skylark (Alauda gulgula sala), previously only 

 known from Formosa and Hainan, the New Zealand God- 

 wit {Limosa nova-zealandice), and the Shoveller (Spatula 

 clypeata). 



Another note contains some account of the very rare 

 Giant Ibis {Thaumatibis giganiea), of which only four 

 examples are known, the first having been obtained in 

 Cochin China and described by Oustalet. A photograph 

 of a mounted specimen obtained in Siam by Mr. K. G. 

 Gairdner in 1913, and now in the Natural History Museum 

 at South Kensington, illustrates this note. 



A third note by Mr. Williamson deals with the dis- 

 tribution of Geopelia striata^ which is common about 

 Bangkok, but is believed to have been introduced as a 

 cage-bird from Singapore, as it is found throughout the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



List of other Ornithological Publications received. 



Blaauw, F. E. Waarnemingen op het Gebied van Dierengeografie in 

 Zuid-Afrika. Tijdschift K. Ned. Aardrij. Genoots. xxxiii. Leiden, 

 1916. 

 Mullens, W. H. & Swann, fl. K. A Bibliography of British Orni- 

 thology. (Parts III. & IV. Loudon, 1916.) 

 Thorburn, a. * British Birds,' Vol. iv. Loudon, 1916. 

 Bird Notes. (New Series, Vol. vii. Nos. 10-11. Ashbourne, 1916.) 

 British Birds. (Vol. x. Nos. .5-7. London, 1916.) 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. de Geneve. (Tome ii. Fasc. 7-9. Geneve, 1916.) 

 California Fish and Game. (Vol. ii. No. 4. San Francisco, 1916.) 

 The Condor. (Vol. xviii. No. 5. Hollywood, Cal., 1916.) 

 The Emu. (Vol. xvi. pt. 1. Melbourne, 1916.) 

 The Irish Naturalist. (Vol. xxv. No. 10. Dublin, 1916.) 

 Journal of the Federated Malay States Museum. (Vol. vii. pt. 1. 



Singapore, 1916.) 

 Junta de Ciences Naturals de Barcelona. (Anuari, 1916.) 

 Revue Fraufaise d'Ornithologie. (Nos. 90, 91. Orl(5ans, 1916.) 

 Rivista Italiana di Oruitologia. (Vols, i.-iii. Bologna, 1911-15.) 

 The Scottish Naturalist. (Nos. 58-60. Edinburgh, 1916.) 

 South Australian Ornithologist. (Vol. ii. pt. 8. Adelaide, 1916.) 



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