298 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



pteracias" has been ultimately referred, not without some 

 doubt, to the Pallida-, under the name of Manias benschi. 

 The specimen was obtained in the environs of Vorondreo, 

 "2.") kil. cast ot ' Tulear, in Madagascar. 



51. Parrot on his Ornithological Excursion to Eyypt. 



( Irnithologische Wahrnehmungen auf einer Faint nach Aegypten. Yon 

 Dr. Parrot. Jahresb. Ornithol. Ver. Miiuchen. iii. pp. 89 L38 1 1903).] 



Dr. Parrot gives a lull and lively account of a three weeks' 

 tour in Egypt in April and May 190.2. and shews us that 

 an active and intelligent observer may do much even in that 

 short space of time. After describing the numerous occur- 

 rences of migrating birds observed during the passage to 

 Port Said, he relates his ornithological experiences at Cairo 

 and its neighbourhood, and his return home by Alexandria 

 and Trieste. His field-notes, arranged in classified order, 

 relate to upwards of (50 species, amongst which he is so 

 fortunate as to be able to include observations on Merops 

 viridissimus, Pycnonotus arsinoe, Hypolais pallida, and other 

 attractive species. 



52. Perkins on the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. 



"Fauna Hawaiiensis ; or the Zoologj of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) 

 [sles. Edited by David Sharp,M.B., F.l.'.s. -Vol. I. Pt.iv. Vertebrata. 

 By R. C. L. Perkins. Cambridge, 1! 1 13. 



Although we may not quite agree with all the views put 

 forward by Mr. Perkins, every ornithologist will allow that 

 he has included in the present memoir a very valuable series 

 of notes on the Hawaiian avifauna. 



After some good introductory remarks, in which the 

 peculiar Passerines of the Hawaiian group are specially dealt 

 with, the author goes through the whole Avifauna seriatim. 

 beginning with the Passeres and ending with the Petrels 

 and Gulls, and gives us the results of his valuable experiences 

 during the manv years which he has devoted to its studv. 

 The distribution of the representative species in the various 

 islands of the Archipelago is specially attended to; and 

 the mode of nesting and the eggs, where known, are 



