VoK ^ix. "I From Magazines, &c. IO3 



June, were handed over to the authorities of the Zoological 

 Society. An appendix to the paper, in addition to the Birds- 

 of-Paradise taken Home by Mr. Horsburgh, gives a list of a 

 consignment received later in London from Mr. Stalker, which 

 included specimens of all those in Mr. Horsburgh's collection, 

 and, in addition, one example of the coveted Prince Rudolph 

 Bird-of-Paradise {Paradisornis rudolpJii). 



Review. 



["A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares)." By F. Du Cane Godman, 

 D.C.L., F.R.S., &c.] 



Part IV. of this excellent work has been received. In con- 

 nection with the important publication the following remarks 

 have been kindly written for this journal by Mr. H. Hamilton, 

 Director of the Dominion Museum, New Zealand. The 

 preceding notices* have been written from an Australian point 

 of view. Mr. Hamilton's review will be of interest because 

 of its New Zealand standpoint : — 



Ornithologists have been looking forward with great interest to the 

 elaborate " Monograph of the Petrels," by F. Du Cane Godman, 

 which has been for some time in preparation, the printing of which has 

 been much delayed by the unfortunate illness of the author. The work 

 is more specially interesting to New Zealand and Australian ornitho- 

 logists as the Petrels, using the term in its widest sense, of the Southern 

 Pacific are difficult to identify, and their synonymy is much involved. 



The work is to consist of five parts, four of which have reached New 

 Zealand. In the four parts 99 species are described, and in most cases 

 beautifully figured by Keulemans. Part I. is dated 1907. It may be 

 of interest to give a list and a rough outline of the various views on 

 the Petrels found in the New Zealand seas. It is needless to mention 

 the character of the illustrations, as the name of the author sufficiently 

 guarantees their excellence, the plates being drawn from either the 

 type or from specimens selected by the author from standard collec- 

 tions. To every species there is a full synonymy, and there is Httle 

 doubt that the work will remain the standard on this very difficult 

 group for a long time. 



OcEANiTES ocEANicus, Kuhl. (Wilson Storm-Petrel), PL 12. — One 

 of the most widely distributed of the whole order Tubinares. It has 

 the web of the feet partly yellow. Additional information by the 

 Antarctic Expedition is given as to the occurrence of these birds on the 

 polar pack ice. It appears to have been found also by the Scottish 

 Antarctic Expedition at the South Orkney Islands, and it is evidently 

 widely distributed, as specimens have been found in the British seas. 

 The first authentic egg appears to have been taken at Kerguelen 

 Island. 



Garrodi.\ nereis, Gould (Grey-backed Storm-Petrel), PI. 14. — A 

 very common New Zealand species, discovered by Gould on his 

 expedition I0 Australia in 1839. 



* Emu, iv., p. 205 ; viii. , pp. 45 and 228. 



