71 G Recently published Ornithological Works. 



namely, Rhinococcyx Sharpe, Slasiasticus Hartert, Laniellus 

 Sw., and Psaltria Temm. But Dr. Finsch states that there 

 remains more work to he done in the eastern part of Java, 

 and in the further exploration of the high volcanoes, 

 where new species may still lie hidden. 



111. Gregory's 'Dead Heart of Australia.' 



[The Dead Heart of Australia, a Journey around Lake Eyre in the 

 Summer of 1901-2; with some Account of the Lake Eyre Basin and the 

 flowing Wells of Central Australia. By J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., D.Sc. 

 London : John Murray, 1906. Price 16s. net.] 



This is not a bird-hook, but it is an instructive and 

 well-written narrative of an adventurous journey through a 

 country of which the birds are little known, and we should 

 advise all naturalists to read it. Prof. Gregory, accompanied 

 by six of his pupils from the Geological School of the 

 University of Melbourne, went by the northern railway from 

 Adelaide to Hergott (440 miles) and travelled with camels 

 round the great central depression called " Lake Eyre," in a 

 temperature occasionally reaching 120° Fahr. One of the 

 company, Mr. C. M. Lyons, collected and observed the birds 

 of the district, and has published in 'The Emu J (vol. i. 

 pp. 133-138) a series of good field-notes on them. Speci- 

 mens of 33 species were obtained and 22 others were 

 identified. The rare Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogunys 

 ductus) was ascertained to breed there, and young about 

 three weeks old were obtained. In many places birds were 

 abundant and the water-holes were "thronged with Ducks/' 

 besides Swans, Shags, Sea-Gulls, Pelicans, Pigeons, and 

 Cockatoos, so that even the Lake Eyre district, dry and 

 hot as it is, is by no means birdless. 



112. Hartert on the Birds of Bahber. 



[On the Birds of the Island of Bahber. By Dr. Ernst Hartert. Nov. 

 Zool. xiii. pp. 288-302.] 



A collection made for Mr. Heinrich Kiihn by some native 

 taxidermists in the island of Bahber — one of the eastern 



