Recently published Ornithological Works. 99 



of much interest. Mr. Brewster continues his paper on Mr. 

 Stephens's Arizona collections. It is curious that the true 

 Peuccsa boucardi should occur in Arizona and not in Texas. 

 Has the Arizona form been compared with Mexican speci- 

 mens ? Ornithion imberbe ridgwayi is described as a new 

 subspecies. It is certainly a most remarkable discovery so 

 far north. Five specimens of lache latirostris were obtained 

 in the Santa Rita mountains, where this Humming-bird was 

 found to be " not uncommon," along the streams. 



Mr. Brewster^s notes on Capt. Bendire^s collection, made 

 in Washington Territory, include the description of a new 

 subspecies, " Spizella monticola ochracea/' and of the adult 

 maleof2^«/co richardsoni, Ridgw. (from a Colorado skin), con- 

 sidered to be specifically distinct from Falco columbai'ius* . 



6. Cheeseman on the Occurrence o/Charadrius fulvus in Neio 

 Zealand. 



[Notice of tliB Occurrence of the Eastern Golden Plover (Charadfius 

 fulvus) in the Auckland District. By T. F, Cheeseman. Trans. & Proc_ 

 New-Zealand Inst. xiv. p. 264.] 



Mr. Cheeseman records the occurrence of Char adrius fulvus 

 on the Manukau Harbour in December 1880. Ten or twelve 

 individuals were observed, and three killed. This confirms 

 the claims of the species to a place in the New-Zealand list. 



7. Cheeseman on the Occurrence of the Australian Roller in 

 New Zealand. 



[Notice of the occurrence of the Australian RoUer {Eiirystomus paci- 

 Jicus) in New Zealand. By T. F. Cheeseman. Trans. & Proc. New-Zea- 

 land Inst. xiv. p. 265.] 



The specimen was shot at " Pihu, eight miles north of the 

 Manukau Heads," and is the first example of this Australian 

 species recorded to have occurred in New Zealand. 



8. Coues's Check-list of North-American Birds. 



[The Cones Check-list of North American Birds. Second edition, 



• Cf. Gurney, Ibis, 1882, p. 160. 



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