Recently published Ornithological Works. 243 



precise part of Mexico where it is found, and our ignorance 

 on this point has led to some doubts as to the validity of the 

 species. Mrs. Smithes collection contains a male example, 

 which was shot in August, 1888, at Amula in the State of 

 Guerrero, at an altitude of 6000 feet above the sea. Its dis- 

 tinctness both from C. massena and from C. ocellatus is 

 quite obvious, and is fully discussed in Verreaux's paper. 

 We are still unacquainted with C. sumichrasti of Lawrence 

 from Tehuantepec, which seems to be distinct from all the 

 above-mentioned species. 



XXIII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 49. Buller's ' Birds of New Zealand.' 



[A History of the Birds of New Zealand. By Sir Walter Lowry Buller. 

 Parts VIL-XI. 1888. Folio. Lundou.] 



Since we last noticed this important work Parts VII. to 

 XI. have been published, and the whole will probably be 

 complete before this number of 'The Ibis' is issued. 

 Part VII. finished the first volume and contains the title- 

 page, preface, and introduction. Parts VIII., IX., and X. 

 commence the second volume and contain illustrations of 

 the following species : — 



Charadrius obscurus, C. bicinctus, Thinornis nova* zealandice, 

 Anarhynchus frontalis, Recurvirostra naves ho'landiie, Himan- 

 topus leucucephalus, H. tiovce zealandice, Gallinago pusilla, 

 Liniosa nova zealandia. Lams bulleri, L. scopulinus, Sterna 

 frontalis, S. antarctica, Porphyrio melanonotus and a variety, 

 Notornis mantelli, Rallus philippensis , Ortygometra tabuensis, 

 Ocydromus greiji, O.fuscus, O. australis, 0. brachypterus, 

 Ardea egretta, A. sacra, Botaurus poeciloptilus, Phalacrocorax 

 varius, P. imperialis, P. punctatus, P. featherstoni, and Dio- 

 medea exulans. 



The Introduction is very copious and well worthy of care- 

 ful study. The extraordinary extinct avifauna of New 

 Zealand is first discussed. Quoting the late Judge Maning, 

 the author states that " the Moas still existed in considerable 



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