776 Recentlij published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



depicted in that volume was from New Zealand, whereas 

 that now given was shot in Australia. Mr. Mathews takes 

 the opportunity to criticise severely the recent work of the 

 American author Loomis on the Order, and his paragraphs 

 will enable other Avriters to judge for themselves between 

 the combatants and of the correctness or otherwise of their 

 views, a point which it is not for us to decide. Mr. Murphy's 

 work is held up as a contrast and for approval. 



Riley on new birds from the Far East. 



[Six new birds from Celebes aud Java. By J. II. Eiley. Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. AVashington, toI. 32, 1919, pp. 93-96.] 



In a collection of birds made in Celebes by Mr, H. C. 

 Raven, Mr. Riley finds the following new forms : — Anas 

 superciliosa percna, Megalurus celebensis, Dicruropsis muntava, 

 Pachycephala plnviosa, Zosterops atrifrons svrda ; also a Quail 

 from Java is named Excalfactoria chine.nsis pahnerl. 



Stone on the Birds of Panama. 



[Birds of the Pauair.a Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection 

 made by Mr. I.indsey L. Jewel. By Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, 1918, pp. 239-280.] 



The late ]\Ir, L. L. Jewel spent some three years fiom 

 1910 onwards in the Panama Canal zone, where he was 

 engaged in engineering work, and made very considerable 

 collections of birds ; part of these are now in the American 

 Museum at Ncav York, but the greater portion are in the 

 Museum of the Academy at rhiladel[)hia. Mr, W, Stone 

 has prepared a list of the Jewel collection, which is here 

 published with the collector'! field-notes, and has added the 

 names of the other species previously recorded from the 

 canal-zone, but not obtained by Mr. Jewel. 



In a good many instances the nests and eggs are described 

 by Mr. Jewel, and there are some additional taxonomic 

 notes by Mr. Stone, but no new forms are described. 



The total number of species and subspecies listed 

 reaches 432. 



