148 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



8. 'The Emu.' 



[The Emu, a Quarterly Magazine to popularize the Study aud Pro- 

 tection of Native Birds. Vol. iii. pt. 1 (July 1903), pis. i.-iv.] 



Besides the usual minor contributions this part of ' The 

 Emu' contains a study of variation by Capt. Hutton, based 

 on the Cormorants of New Zealand, with speculations as to 

 their genealogy and the original habitat of their ancestors. 

 The writer is inclined to attribute many peculiar characters 

 to reversion, and to minimize the effect of Natural Selection 

 and " use-inheritance." 



Mr. A. \Y. Milligan furnishes three articles on Western 

 Australia. The first treats of a trip to the Stirling Range 

 during September and October, with particulars of the dis- 

 covery of the new species Calamantlms montanellus and 

 Melithreptus leucogenys {cf. ' Ibis/ 1903, p. 6 12), and gives a list 

 of 70 species, including the rare Malurus pulcherrimus and 

 Ptilotis cratitia. The nests and eggs of Petrwca campbelli 

 and Calyptorhynchus baudini were also found. The second 

 article is devoted to Lake Yanchep and the new Meg alums 

 striatus {cf. ' Ibis/ /. s. c). The third contains a descrip- 

 tion of two new species, Xerophila castaneiventris and Acan- 

 ihiza robustirostris, from Day Dawn, Murchison. 



Mr. D. Le Souef continues his paper on Birds' Eggs from 

 the Port Darwin District, North Australia, with accounts of 

 those of Rhipidura phasiana (new to science), R. dry as, 

 Pti/osclera versicolor, and Platycercus amathusia. 



Mr. F. M. Littler furnishes notes of considerable length 

 on some birds peculiar to Tasmania; Mr. T. Carter writes 

 ou those of the North-west Cape Region aud the south-west 

 of Western Australia ; Mr. R. Hall on a collection from 

 the Fitzroy River, North-west Australia, and on the plumage 

 of Ptilotis leucotis ; Mr. E. M. Cornwall on a trip to Oyster 

 Cay, Upolu Reef, and Green Island ; and Mr. H. Kendall 

 on vernacular names. 



The plates illustrate the home of Calamanthus montanellus, 

 the nests of Anas superciliosa and Calyptorhynchus baudini, 

 and a colony of Sooty Terns at Upolu Reef. 



