145 liecentlij published Ornithologicul Works. 



H0rririg on the Birds observed at Danish Lighthouses. 



[Fiy^lene ved de danske Fyr i 1911. 29de Aarsberetninp; om danske 

 Fugle. Ved II. Hdrring-. Med. et Kort. Vidensk. Meddel. fra den 

 naturh. Foren. i Kbhvii. Bd. G4, 1912: pp. 141-209.] 



Tliis I'eport, which has been for so many years prepared 

 by Mr. H. Winge, now appears under the authorsliip of 

 Mr. Herring'. It follows the lines of previous reports in 

 giving: — (1) A list of birds in systematic order, with the 

 dates when, and lights where, tiiey were observed. (2) A 

 list of birds according to the dates of their appearance, and 

 with a weather report from each lighthouse or ship. 



Hidl on the Birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. 



[The Eirda of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islauds, By A. F. Basset Hull. 

 Proe. Linn. Soc. X.S.W. vol. xxxiv. 1910, pp. 63G-69.3, 5 pis.] 



Although there have been many references to these two 

 islands and their birds in Australian ornithological literature 

 and elsewhere, no complete account of their Avifauna has 

 been published, and ]Mr. Hulb who has himself visited both 

 islands, is quite right in supposing that such an account 

 would be acceptable. 



After a short history of the previous literature on the 

 subject and some remarks on the physical formation of tiie 

 two islands, the author gives a tabular list of all the species 

 that, to the best of his belief, actually breed upon them. 

 These are about thirty in nutnber, about half of tliem being 

 marine Ijirds. The general list that follows contains the names 

 of seventy-nine species, arranged according to Mathews^ 

 ' Hand-list,' and many interesting field-notes. Aplonisfuscus, 

 allied to the mainland genus Calornis, is found in both 

 islands, but not elsewhere. The Avifauna, as a whole, is a 

 mixture of Australian and New Zealand species, with some 

 endemic forms in each island. Merula vinitincta is a " very 

 common and (exceedingly tame species,'^ peculiar to Lord 

 Howe Island, and represented in Norfolk Island by an allied 

 form AJ. fuliginosa. Five plates of eggs illustrate this 

 useful paper. 



