Becenthj published Oruitholugical JVorks. 70)1 



represented — mostly provided with tliree names and tlie 

 authority, which makes four names in all. This is an inter- 

 esting paper for students of the Pahearctic Ornis, as almost the 

 only previous information on the subject was Dr. Schalow's 

 essay on the birds procured by ]\Iei'zbaclier in the district of 

 Thian-Shan (see 'Ibis/ 1909, p. 181). Rarer species enu- 

 merated are Nuc'ifraga canjocutacies rothschiUU, Acantlds 

 cannabina merzbacheri, and Ibidor/ii/nchus struthersi. 



89. Hamilton's List of the Birds of New Zealand. 



[Hand-list of the Birds inhabiting New Zealand, and those from other 

 Countries that have been observed in New Zealand as Occasional Visitors. 

 Dominion Museum, Wellington, 1909 ; 19 pp.] 



Buller's supplement to Lis * Birds of New Zealand ' was 

 published in 1905. Since tlien no full list of the Birds of 

 New Zealand and its adjacent islands has been issued. In 

 the present List, prepared by Mr. A. Hamilton, the Director 

 of the Dominion Museum at Wellington, tbe scieutific and 

 vernacular names of the species known to the author as 

 having occurred in New Zealand are given, classified and 

 arranged according to Sharpe's ' Hand-list.' They are 257 in 

 number. Appended are the names of tlie birds obtained by 

 Lord Ranfurly from the Cook Islands and Nice or Savage 

 Island ; also a list of the introduced species. . 



90. ' Irish Naturalist: 



[The Irish Naturalist. Vol. xi.\. Noa.9-12j Vol. xx. Xos. 1-8; Dublin. 

 (Sept. 1910-Aug. 1911).] 



In vol. xix. No. 9, we have an account of the sixth 

 Conference of the Irish Field Club Union, at Rosapenna in 

 Donegal, in which Mr. R. J. Ussher writes on the birds, 

 and reports that five humeri of the Great Auk were found, 

 in addition to those originally discovered there (pi. 10). 

 In No. 10, Mr. A. Williams records many Sanderlings from 

 Dublin Bay and elsewhere, observed during the month of 

 July in various years. In Nos. 11, 12, Mr. R. ]M. Barringtan 

 gives details of the second and thii'd examples of the 

 Ked-backed Shrike known to have occurred in Ireland, 



