Recently published Ornithological Works. 76] 
represented—mostly provided with three names and the 
authority, which makes four names in all. This is an inter¬ 
esting paper for students of the Palsearctic Ornis, as almost the 
only previous information on the subject was Dr. Schalow’s 
essay on the birds procured by Merzbaclier in the district of 
Thian-Shan (see 4 Ibis,’ 1909, p. 181). Rarer species enu¬ 
merated are Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi, Acanthis 
cannabina merzbacheri, and Ibidorhynchus struthersi. 
89. Hamilton’s List of the Birds of New Zealand. 
[Hand-list of the Birds inhabiting New Zealand, and those from other 
Countries that have been observed in New Zealand as Occasional Visitors. 
Dominion Museum, Wellington, 1909 ; 19 pp.] 
Bullets supplement to his 4 Birds of New Zealand - ’ was 
published in 1905. Since then no full list of the Birds of 
New Zealand and its adjacent islands has been issued. In 
the present List, prepared by Mr. A. Hamilton, the Director 
of the Dominion Museum at Wellington, the scientific and 
vernacular names of the species known to the author as 
having occurred in New Zealand are given, classified and 
arranged according to Sharpe’s 4 Hand-list/ They are 2,57 in 
number. Appended are the names of the birds obtained by 
Lord Ranfurly from the Cook Islands and Nice or Savage 
Island ; also a list of the introduced species,, 
90. 4 Irish Naturalist ..’ 
[The Irish Naturalist. Vol. xix. Nos. 9-12; Vol. xx. Nos. 1-8; Dublin. 
(Sept. 1910-Aug. 1911).] 
In vol. xix. No. 9, we have an account of the sixth 
Conference of the Irish Field Club Union, at Rosapenna in 
Donegal, in which Mr. It. J. Ussher writes on the birds, 
and reports that five humeri of the Great Auk were found, 
in addition to those originally discovered there (pi. 10). 
In No. 10, Mr. A. Williams records many Sanderlings from 
Dublin Bay and elsewhere, observed during the month of 
July in various years. In Nos. 11, 12, Mr. R. M. Barrington 
gives details of the second and third examples of the 
lied-backed Shrike known to have occurred in Ireland, 
