Recenthj published OrnitJwlngiral Works. 469 



ocddivtalis, Picolaptcs compressufi insignis, Aidomolus pccfo- 

 ralis, Otocorys alpeslris oaxacce, Calocitta formosa azurea, 

 Cissilop/ia jndchra, Jgelaiis phoeniceus grandis, A. p. rich- 

 mondi, A. gubernator caUfornicus, AmmodramKS savannarum 

 obscurus, Junco fulvescens, Peucaa ruficeps fusca, P. r. aus- 

 tralis, Cardincdis cardinalis Uttoralis, C/dorosjnngvs atriceps, 

 Phoenicothraupis rubicoides affinis, Dendroica gofdmani, Basi- 

 kuterus favigaster, Heleodytes alticohs, H. occidentcdis, H. 

 hnmilis nifus, H. capistratiis nigricaudatus, Salpinctes obso- 

 htus neglectus, Hemiura pacifica, Henicorhina mexicana, H. 

 Itncophrys capitnlis, Catharus occidentalis fnlvescens, and 

 Merula tamaidipensis. 



A new genus of Wrens^ Hylorchilns, is instituted for 

 Catherpes sumichrasti, Lawrence. 



81. North on the Birds of Funafuti, Ellice Islands. 



[The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice Group : its Zoology, Bcjtany, Ethnology, 

 and General Structure, hased on Collections made by Mr. Charles Hedley, 

 of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W. Aves from Funafuti, by 

 A. J. North. Memoirs of the Austral. Mus. no. iii. pt. i. 1896.] 



]Mr. Charles Hedley, of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 

 accompanied Prof. Sollas and his party during their recent 

 coral-reef-boring expedition to the Atoll of Funafuti, and 

 remained two months and ahalf on the island. The Trustees 

 of the Museum now kindly send us a copy of his report, 

 which gives full particulars of the general structure of 

 Funafuti, of its natural products, and of its inhabitants. 

 The birds collected by Mr. Hedley, who appears to liave 

 devoted himself mainly to the Invertebrata, were only six in 

 number. They are specially reported upon by Mr. North, 

 who refers them to four species, all well known in Australia. 

 Mr. Hedley adds some interesting field-notes on the "Lakea'^ 

 of the natives [Micrayious levcocapillus) and its breeding- 

 habits. 



82. Oustalet on the Avifauna of Mauritius. 



[Notice sur la Faune Ornithologique Ancienne et Moderne des lies 

 Mascareigues et en particulier de I'lle Maurice, d'apres des documents 

 in^dits. Par M. E. Oustalet. Ann. d. Sci. Nat. si'ir. 7, iii. p. 1.] 



The results of the examination of the ]MSS. of the ccle- 



