122 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



particulars of which all readers of ' The Ibis ' must be well 

 acquainted. Not many ornithologists of the present day 

 have enjoyed equal opportunities of studying their favourite 

 subject in the field, or have done it with such good results. 

 Not only as an observer and collector, but also as a chronicler 

 of his notes and discoveries, few of us, indeed, can compete 

 with Canon Tristram ! 



During these last twenty years our friend has devoted his 

 special attention to the avifauna of the islands of the Pacific 

 and Indian Oceans, and, aided by his numerous correspon- 

 dents in these far-away parts, in the shape of naval officers, 

 missionaries, and consuls, has achieved, as will be seen by 

 reference to his catalogue, very successful results. Nestor 

 productus of Norfolk Island, Monarcha dimidiata of Raro- 

 tonga (both now extinct), and Pericrocotus teginue of the 

 Loo Choos, are prizes that even a national museum would be 

 proud to possess. Besides these and many other rarities, 

 there are about 128 " types " in the series. 



The Catalogue begins with the Ratitse and ends with the 

 Passeres. Under the head of each genus the species are 

 arranged in alphabetical order. The specimens are designated 

 by letters, and the sex, locality, date, and name of collector 

 are attached when known. Thus we find the much-discussed 

 Grebe of Vancouver's Island entered as " Podiceps occiden- 

 talis, Lawr., b. $ . Breeding-plumage. Vancouver's Island. 

 — Burn [lege Brown — Ed.]. Mus. Sir W. Jardine. Speci- 

 men described Ibis, 1887, p. 98/' [See also Ibis, 1887, 

 pp. 259, 361 ; 1888, p. 148.— Ed.] 



31 . Van Kempen on rare Birds of the North of France. 



[Sur quelques Oiseaux rares du Nord de la France. Par Ch. Van 

 Kempen. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xiv. p. 104.] 



M. Van Kempen gives a list of a mounted collection of 

 rare birds said to have been procured near Dunkirk, of which 

 he has lately become the possessor. It comprises examples 

 of three species — Sula fiber, Procellaria conspicillata, and 

 Diomedea fuliginosa — which we are certainly surprised to hear 



