538 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



species and a somewhat doubtful third. Of the latter sub- 

 familv, M. Du Bois recognises 16 genera and many species. 

 All the genera and species are shortly diagnosed^ and their 

 distribution is given. Three well drawn coloured plates 

 illustrate some of the more remarkable forms. 



58. ' The Emu: 



[The Emu. A Quarterly Magazine to popularize the Study and 

 Protection of Native Birds. Vol. xi. pts. 3, 4 (Jan., April, 1912).] 



In a paper by Mr. A. J. Campbell entitled " Annotations " 

 we liave the descriptions of two new species, Sericornis 

 huhnaturina from Kangaroo Island, and Pseudogerygone 

 jacksoni from Mogil Mogil, N.S.W. ; wliile Mr. H. L. White 

 further describes the nest and eggs of the latter, as well as 

 o^ Megalurus striatus [cf. p. 244). Mr. Campbell also with- 

 draws the sup})Osed new species Eopsaltria hilii (Emu, vol-, y. 

 p. 168). 



Mr. ^IcLean continues his account of the Bush Birds of 

 Kew Zealand, wherein he redescribes the nest o^ Acanthidositta 

 chloris, and informs lis of the growing scarcity of Anthornis 

 melanura, but says that Clitonyx albicapilla is still holding 

 its own. His notes are long and full of interest, J\Ir. Bassett 

 Hull also adds to his " Avifauna of the New South Wales 

 Islands '' as a result of visits to the Tollgate group, where he 

 found Eudyptula minot', Puffinus sphenurus, and Felagodroma 

 marina breeding, and to the Montague Islands, where he 

 again met with the first two of these species. 



Mr. Whitlock gives further notes from the Stirling Ranges, 

 where he has been collecting for ]Mr. White, especially with 

 regard to the nesting of Hylacola cauta, Calamanthus monta- 

 nellus, and Falcuaculus leucog aster. 



Drs. Cleland and Johnston write at length on the red 

 blood-cells of Vertebrates — especially birds ; and Dr. Shufeldt 

 on eggs in the collection of Mr. E. J. Court. Shorter notes 

 are furnished on Riverina birds by Capt. White, on Cala- 

 manthus albiluris by Mr. Chandler, on Trihonyx mortieri by 

 Miss Fletcher, and on Ptihtis cassidix by Mr. Wilson. 



