98 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Of tlie 57 species of which examples are in the present 

 series, 21 were likewise obtained by the above-mentioned 

 naturalists, while 36 are additional to their list. Amongst 

 the more interesting species we may notice Pyrrhula cine- 

 racea and Grus viridirostris. Dr. Bolau also makes a few 

 additions to his former lists of the Askold and Suifun series 

 of the same energetic collectors. 



4. Buller on the Notomis. 



[On the Notm-nis. By Walter L. Buller, C.M.G., Sc.D., F.R.S. Trans. 

 & Proc. New-Zealand Inst. xiv. p. 238.] 



Dr. Buller gives an account of the capture of the third 

 known specimen of Notomis. It was taken on the Bare- 

 patch plains on the eastern side of Te Anau Lake, in 1880, 

 by a man engaged in rabbiting on the " run '' of Captain 

 Hankinson. A full description of the external form and 

 plumage is added. 



The specimen was sent to this country for sale {cf. New- 

 ton, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 97), and ultimately purchased by the 

 Dresden Museum {cf. Meyer, Ibis, 1882, p. 607). 



5. ' Bidletin of the Nuttall Ornitholoyical Club.' 



[Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club : a Quarterly Journal of 

 Ornithology. Vol. vii. 1882, nos. 3 & 4. Cambridge, Mass.] 



Amongst the more interesting papers in the July number 

 is Mr. Wm. Brewster^s article on the birds of Arizona, con- 

 tinued from the preceding number. Mr. Stephens, upon 

 whose collection the article is founded, obtained a fine series 

 of Dendrceca olivacea in the pine-woods of the Chiricahua 

 mountains at an elevation of from 10,000 to 12,000 feet, thus 

 confirming its being a veritable member of the United- States 

 avifauna. In the Santa Rita mountains Mr. Stephens found 

 Setophaga picta breeding, and obtained its nest and eggs. 

 Mr. Brewster also describes a new subspecies of Vireo {V. 

 huttoni stephensi), based upon specimens obtained by Mr. 

 Stephens in Arizona and New Mexico. 



The concluding number for 1882 contains several articles 



