272 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Paet XXIV. (1888). 



Lophorhina minor. Eplithianura crocea. 



Podargus ocellatus. Donacicola hunsteini. 



Tanysiptera microrhynclia. Melidectes emilii. 



Charmosyua stellje. Geocichla schistacea. 



Loriiis flavo-palliatus. Gymnocrex plumbeiventris. 



Microdynamis parva. ^luroedus melanoceplialus. 

 Lj'cocorax obiensis. 



Many of tlie species figured in these parts are from the 

 south-eastern peninsula of New Guinea, to which several 

 energetic explorers have lately devoted their attention. 

 Amongst these are two Paradise Birds, Parotia laivesi and 

 Lophorhina minor, both of which are closely allied to their 

 northern representatives. Two new and interesting discoveries 

 in Australian ornithology are likewise introduced in the pre- 

 sent numbers. These are Cracticus ritfescetis, a most distinct 

 species, from Queensland, resembling an immature bird of 

 one of the pied species of this genus ; and Ephthianura crocea, 

 from North-western Australia, easily known by its yellow 

 under-plumage and black collar. 



43. Gurney on the House- Sparroiv. 



[On the Misdeeds of the House-Sparrow {Passer domesticus). By J. 

 H. Gurney, Jun. 8vo. London : Gurney & Jackson, 1887.] 



This little pamphlet is a rejoinder to a small book entitled 

 ' The Sparrow- Shooter,' by the Rev. F. O. Morris, in which 

 that writer (who has, we see, been recently awarded a 

 pension of .€100 a year for his " efforts on behalf of humanity 

 toA\ards animals^') befriends the "poor Sparrows^' through 

 thick and thin, regardless of the poor farmers. Mr. Gurney 

 adduces evidence of the preponderance of mischief wrought 

 by this bird, and in common with other practical land-owners, 

 whose names are given, advocates its diminution (see our 

 remarks under Merriam, infra, No. 47) . 



44. Harvie-Broivn and Buckley on the Birds oj Sutherland 



and Caithness. 



[A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness, and West Cromarty. 

 By J. A. Ilarvie-Brown and T. E. Buckley. 8vo. Edinburgh: Douglas, 



lss7.] 



