334 Recently published Ornithological Works, 



similis (named hypotlietically), Arretnon aurantiirostris satu- 

 rates (also named hypotlietically), and Myrmeciza intermedia. 

 Besides these a new genus (^Premnoplex) is instituted for 

 Margarornis brunnescens. 



41. Cherrie's Notes on Costa-Rican Birds. 



[Notes on Co8ta-Rican Birds. By George K. Cherrie. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. xiv. p. 517.] 



In the present paper Mr. Cherrie gives a series of critical 

 notes upon the remainder of the collection from which the 

 new species were described, as recorded in the previous 

 paper. Amongst the rarities mentioned are examples of 

 Vireo pollens, and of Myrmeciza stictoptera of Lawrence, a 

 species unfortunately overlooked by the compiler of the 15th 

 volume of the B. M. Catalogue ! Picolaptes gracilis, Ridg- 

 way, is believed to be hardly different from P. compressus ; 

 but see Ridgway himself on this point. 



42. Forbes on the Date of Extinction of the Moa. 



[Notes on the Disappearance of the Moa. By H. 0. Forbes. Trans, 

 and Proc. New-Zealand lust, xxiii. p. 373, 1891.] 



IVIr. Forbes has recently explored a cavern near Sumner, 

 Canterbury, New Zealand, and has found fragments of 

 the eggs of Dinornis in the kitchen-middens of its former 

 "occupants, together with objects undoubtedly made by 

 Maoris. He concludes that the Maoris ate the Moa^s eggs 

 for food, and consequently agrees with those authorities who 

 believe that the Moa was riot extinct when the Maoris arrived 

 in New Zealand. 



43. Frivaldszhj on the Birds of Hungary. 



[Aves Hungarise. Enumeratio Systematica Avium Hungarian, cum 

 notis brevibus biologicis, locis inventiouis virorumqiie a quibus oriuntur. 

 E mandato Commissionis Hungaricse Secundi Ornithologorum Universalis 

 Congressus conscripsit Joannes Frivaldszkv. 8yo. Budapestini: 1891. 

 Pp. 197.] 



This is a catalogue of the 325 known species of the birds 

 of Hungary, with short Latin notes on their exact localities 



