370 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
avifauna. One of thespecies, figured in part 2, is Hydrornia 
(i.e. Porphyrio) alleni, of which it is stated that two examples 
have indubitably occurred near Lucca. 
60. Godman and Salvin’s ‘ Biologia Centrali-Americana, 
[Biologia Centrali-Americana ; or, Contributions to the Knowledge of 
the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by F. 
DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin. (Zoology.) Parts ii. & iv. 4to. 
London, 1880. Published for the Editors by R. H. Porter, 10 Chandos 
Street, Cavendish Square, W. | 
The Central-American Wrens are mostly treated of in the 
ornithological portion of these two parts. Thryothorus hy- 
perythrus (for a northern form of T. rutilus), T. hypospodius 
(for the Columbian form), and 7. bairdi (for a southern race 
of T. bewicki) are names now used for the first time; and the 
following species are figured :— 
Polioptila albiloris. Thryothorus atrigularis. 
Microcerculus philomela. —— felix. 
luscinia. —— albinucha. 
Thryophilus thoracicus. Cistothorus elegans. 
semibadius. 
61. Hutton on Phalacrocorax carunculatus. 
[On Phalacrocorax carunculatus, Gmelin. By Prof. F. W. Hutton. 
Trans. N.-Z. Inst. xi. p. 332. ] 
After a review of the literature, Prof. Hutton poimts out 
the differences between the New-Zealand and Antarctic- 
American Cormorants, hitherto usually united under this 
name. ‘To the latter he proposes to restrict the term carun- 
culatus, and to call the former cirrhatus (Gm.). Under Ph. 
carunculatus he places the bird of Kerguelen Island, which, 
however, is quite distinct, being Ph. verrucosus, Cab. Journ. 
f. Orn. 1875, p. 450. Cf. also upon this question Scl. et 
Salv. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 652. 
62. Jouan on the Birds of Oceania. 
[Notes sur la Distribution Géographique des Oiseaux dans quelques 
archipels de l’Océanie. Par M. Henri Jouan. Mém. Soe. Sci. Nat. Cher- 
bourg, tome xxi. p. 295. | 
