Recently published Ornithological Works. 365 



Much information is given throughout from the notes of 

 Severtzoff, Bogdanoff, Kriiper^ Radde^ Dybowski, Zarudny, 

 and others on the eastern forms. 



The letterpress treats of Loxia bifasciata, the AlaudidcB, 

 the genus Eml>eriza, the Sturnidce, and the Corvida, so far 

 as they occur in the area under consideration, and these are 

 excellently dealt with in Mr. Dresser's well-known style, 

 but, as usual, the author refuses to recognise many of 

 the subspecies described by other writers. Most of the 

 figures of eggs in the plates come out well, but in the case 

 of the Jay the light has apparently fallen at a wrong angle 

 and spoiled the effect. Only two corrections occur to us — 

 firstly, the note of the Corn-Bunting is not much like that 

 of the Yellovvhammer; and, secondly, it is not stated how 

 far the Wood-Lark is a resident in Britain or elsewhere. 

 The woodcuts of nests are pretty, but might with advantage 

 represent those of rarer species. 



As regards specific appellations, Calandrella heinii is 

 accepted instead of C. pispolettu, and C. apetzii instead of 

 C bcetica. 



33. ' T/w Emu: 



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

 Protection of Native Birds. Vol. vii. pt. 3, and Supplement. Melbourne : 

 Jan. 1908.] 



In Part 3 Mr. R. Hall has a series of " Notes on a Collec- 

 tion of Birds from North-west Australia,'' in which he has 

 been assisted by the collector Mr. J. P. Rogers. They refer 

 to the Townsend, Kightly, Stewart, and Robinson Rivers 

 and the Obogama district. Mr. A. Mattingley entitles his 

 article, in continuation of that in a former number, " More 

 about Herons," and gives a plate of the nest, eggs, and 

 young of the Nankeen Night-Heron. Col. Legge writes 

 on the location of birds in the Break-of-day district of 

 Tasmania, where the Avinters are specially severe and the 

 native trees have been replaced by introduced pines. A 

 great part of this number is taken up by the account of the 

 Seventh (Sydney) Session of the Australian Ornithologists' 



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