1918.] Recently i^uhUshed Ornithological Wurks. 371 



coast of West Australia, a spot never previously visited by 

 an ornithologist and quite out of tlie way of ordinary 

 travellers. A second paper deals with some uncommon 

 birds recently observed near Perth. 



Some good field-notes, in each case accompanied by fine 

 photographs, are given by Mr. A. H. Chisholm on the three 

 species of Pachijcephalus, by Miss Fletcher on Porzana 

 immaculata in Tasmania, and by Mr. A. TuUock on the 

 Penguins of Macquarie Island far away to the south, 

 where a wireless station was erected for the benefit of the 

 Mawson Antarctic Expedition. Four species of Penguin 

 inhabit the island — the magnificent King {Aptenodytes 

 patagonica), the Rock-Hopper [Pyguscelis papua), the Royal 

 (Catarrhactes schlegeli) , and the Victoria \C.pachyrhynchus). 

 Interesting notes and good photographs accompany this 



article. 



The new forms described are as follows : — Maiurus 

 lamberti dawsonianus H. L. White, from Dawson River, 

 Queensland; Ptilutis albilineata H. L. White, King River, 

 Northern Territory ; Climacteris waitei S. A. White, from 

 Coopeis Creek district. South Australia ; and Acanthiza 

 winiamida Wilson, from the desert region of Victoria. 



A novel subject is dealt with by Dr. Shufeldt of 

 Washington in the matter of fossil birds' eggs. He figures 

 and describes five so-called fossil eggs preserved in the 

 United States National Museum, two from the United 

 States and three from France, and all apparently of 

 Oligocene age. It is, of course, impossible to make any 

 guess even at the identification of such eggs ; indeed, it i» 

 not always possible to prove that they are eggs at all, but it 

 is doubtless a subject which has an opening for future study 

 and which may some day carry us further in our knowledge 

 of ancient bird-life. 



A word must be said for the illustrations of the ' Emu.'" 

 Tiiere are a large number of photographs reproduced and 

 some of these are excellent ; we very specially draw attention 

 to the Black Swans and nest on the Hacking River, N.S.W., 

 taken by Mr. H. BurrelL There are also coloured plates of 



