654 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



end of the Mexican tableland), and M. I. tres-maria (from the 

 Tres Maria Islands). The language of science being Latin, 

 it would be better to write the final name of the last sub- 

 species " trium-ma riorum " ! 



97. North's Notes on Austral ion Birds. 



[(1) Exhibition of Skins and Eggs of Seisura nana and Ehipidura 

 dryas. By A. J. North. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 207. 



(2) Note on some Northern and North-western Australian Grass- 

 Finches. By A. J. North. Op. cit. p. 207. 



(3) Exhibition of the Skins. Nests, and Eggs of Acanthiza ewingi and 

 Acanthornis magna from Tasmania. By A. J. North. Abstr. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S.W., March 30, 1004." 



Mr. North sends us copies of three small contributions 

 which he has lately made to our knowledge of the Australian 

 Avifauna. The nests and eggs of Seisura nana and Rhipi- 

 dnra dryas are from the Northern Territory of South 

 Australia. Among a large number of live birds lately 

 brought to Sydney from West Australia are some Finches 

 closely allied to Poephila acuticauda, but distinguished by 

 their orange bill ; Mr. North proposes to call this form 

 P. aurantiirostris. The Australian Museum has lately 

 received skins, nests, and eggs of two rare Tasmanian birds, 

 Acanthiza ewingi and Acanthornis magna. 



98. Oberholser on neio Birds from Somaliland. 



[(1) Description of a new African Weaver-bird. By Harry C. 

 Oberholser. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvii. p. 683. 



(2) Description of two new Birds from Somali-land. Op. cit. p. 737.] 



The three "new birds/' named Philetairus cabanisi euchlorus, 

 Merops superciliosus donaldsoni, and Polihierax semitorquatus 

 homopterus, are all from Dr. Donaldson Smith's collection, 

 of which Dr. Bowdler Sharpe has already given us a full 

 account (see P. Z. S. 1895, p. 465). With all due respect to 

 our American fellow-workers, we think it would be better to 

 consult the very full series of African birds in the British 

 Museum before publishing isolated descriptions of supposed 

 new subspecies. 



