114 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



13. Etheridge on the Birds of Lord Howe Island. 



[Lord Howe Island, its Zoology, Geology, and Physical Characters. 

 The Australian Museum, Sydney. Memoirs, no. 2. Sydney : 1889.] 



Mr. R. Etheridge, Jr., in his report on the general zoology 

 of Lord Howe Island, devotes several pages to a very interest- 

 ing account of its birds, of which about 40 species are now 

 known. Nine of these, as shown by Mr. Etheridge's Table 

 (p. 17), are restricted to the island. They belong to Aus- 

 tralian genera except the Thrush (Merula vinitincta). One 

 of them, Gerygone thorpei (Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 1887, ii. pt. 4, p. 677), is a recent discovery made by Mr. 

 Etheridge's expedition. The extinct Notornis alba (Ibis, 

 1873, p. 295, t. x.) was not heard of. The Woodhen of Lord 

 Howe Island {Ocydromus sylvestris) "unless protected " will 

 shortly share the fate of the Notornis. " At the present 

 time its range is confined to the extreme southern end of the 

 island, in Erskine Valley, and the ground around the sea-girt 

 base of Mount Gower. It is even now rare and difficult to 

 obtain, and would be impossible of capture were it not for 

 the fact that its curiosity overcomes its shyness. Its gradual 

 extinction is probably due to the ravages committed by the 

 wild domestic cats. During a journey to Mount Gower, 

 primarily to procure specimens, only one individual was 

 seen, and during the whole of our residence there those well 

 acquainted with their haunts could obtain but four others. 

 Ocydromus sylvestris can be attracted within gun-shot by 

 any continuous and varied noise, such as knocking two stones 

 together, striking against a tree, occasional whistling, and 

 other peculiar but discordant noises." 



14. Giglioli's First Report on the Results of the Ornitho- 

 logical Investigation of Italy. 



[Primo Resoconto dei risultati della inchiesta Ornitologica in Italia. 

 Parte prima, Avifauna Italica. Elenco sistematico delle specie di Uccelli 

 stazionarie o di Passaggio in Italia, con nuovi nomi Volgari, e colle notizie 

 sin qui fornite dai collaborator! nella inchiesta Ornitologica. Compilato 

 dal Dottore Enrico Hillyer Giglioli. 8vo. Firenze : 1889, pp. 706.] 



The first results of the participation of Italy in the Inter- 



