Recently published Ornithological Works. 339 
is continued from No. 4015 to No. 7980 (Muscicapidse- 
Fringillidse) . We think that it would have been better to have 
called the ^'subspecies ^^ by that name and not 'Varieties ^' 
— a term which should be reserved for abnormal variations 
(albinos, melanisms^ &c.). The following species are 
figured : — Geositta rufipennis, G. isabellina, Lipaugus holery- 
thruSj Attila citreopygius, Cyanolyca yucatanica, Xanthura 
cyano dors alls, and X. cceruleocephala, 
48. ' The Emu: 
[The Emu, a Quarterly Magazine to popularise the Study and Pro- 
tection of Native Birds, Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' 
Union. Editors A. J. Campbell and H. Kendall. Vol. i. pta. 1-2, pp. 1-80, 
pis. i.-vi.] 
We have more than ordinary pleasure in giving a notice 
of the first two numbers of our '^ newly-hatched ** con- 
temporary, ' The Emu,' the official organ of the Australasian 
Ornithologists' Union, while we feel a natural pride in 
observing that ' The Ibis ' has at least suggested the title of 
the Journal, and our constitution, perhaps, to some extent 
that of the Society which issues it. 
A serial has long been needed to collect within its pages the 
scattered papers on Australasian Ornithology ; and we notice 
that it is intended to include articles on the Protection of 
Birds, a very necessary matter in Australia of the present 
day. The membership of the Union is by no means confined 
to Australia, for we see that Prof. Newton and Mr. J, J. 
Dalgleish are on the list of the founders. 
That we owe a heavy debt of gratitude to Federated 
Australia no one at the present juncture will deny, and we 
may well hasten in retarn to shew our readiness to assist in 
any of her new-born enterprises as far as we are able, though 
it be by so small a contribution as a congratulatory and appre- 
ciative notice of her first united ornithological effort. ' The 
Emu' itself, we are sure, will prove an undertaking of no 
small importance, and that it may advance and prosper, even 
until it rivals our own publication, is our heartfelt desire. 
The Union starts its career under the Patronage of the 
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