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known as pachyrhynchus and that the "chrysocome" of Forster 

 was too much of a mixture and should be dismissed. The 

 authors admit theirs is not the "final word on the subject." 



In another interesting note, the authors show that the sub- 

 specific name cinereiis for the Grey Noddy is preoccupied. 



Apparently further changes may be caused by a tract issued 

 in 1845 by Reichenbach, of whom the authors say: "Probably 

 no author has served up so much trouble as the one here named. 

 . . . He was a great ornithologist, but his procedure does not 

 endear him to the present-day systematist." 



Australian ornithologists are also interested in a section 

 headed British Bird Names. 



In anticipation of the preparation of the list of names of 

 Old World birds for the Sysfenia Avium, our Check-list Com- 

 mittee has the second edition of the Official Check-list almost 

 completed. Mathews and Iredale, members of the British com- 

 mittee, mention several names of British birds as awaiting cor- 

 rection. 



"Another Overlooked Bird List," ]jul)lished by Thomas For- 

 ster in 1827 in The Pocket Bncyclopcrdia of Natural Phenomena, 

 is also discussed. 



[The Birds of Australia, Gregory M. Mathews, vol. ix., part 3. Lon- 

 don, H. F. & G. Witherby, June, 1921.] 



This part treats fully six of the eight Australian birds included 

 in the family of Cuckoo-Shrikes and Caterpillar-eaters. It also 

 begins the treatment of the seventh member of the family, and 

 completes that of the Fly-catchers. y\s about 150 species still 

 remain to be treated, this monumental work will, at this rate, 

 not be completed for a few years yet. As publication began in 

 1910, Mathews' Birds of .lustralia is likely to create a record 

 for Australian publications in time taken to complete publica- 

 tion. The fine ])lates are all by the well-known bird artist, Gron- 

 vold, though in the part to hand plate 417, depicting the "Cater- 

 pillar-catcher" {Metagraucalus tcnuirostris) is not included, 

 apparently it was omitted in error. 



Under the Ground Cuckoo-Shrike, details are given of a dis- 

 covery of great interest to Australians. Many, if not a large 

 majority, of the types of the species of birds described by Gould 

 from Australia previous to 1847 are in TiiE British Museum, 

 and not at Philadelphia." Mr. Mathews i)romises that a "com- 

 plete revision of the location of the Gouldian type species will 

 give the exact number." Mr. Mathews considers, "This explains 

 the action of the Trustees of the British Museum in refusing 

 the purchase f)f the Gouldian Bird Collection." 



The work maintains fully its very high standard in plates, 

 information concerning the birds themselves froni well-known 

 field observers, and discussion of the history of literature con- 

 cerning the different species. 



