202 Recently 'published Ornithological Works. 
melanocephala (of Chatham Island) and Clitonyx albicapilla . 
The extraordinary Ground-Parrot or Kakapoo ( Stringops hab- 
roptilus ) is reported to he stillplentiful on the west coast of 
the Southern Island.” The widely-extended Common Heron 
may now be included in the New Zealand avifauna, a speci¬ 
men of it having been recently obtained on board a steamer 
off the east coast; and to this may be added Puffinus tenui- 
rostris, Temm., which has been ascertained to breed on 
Stephens’ Island. 
7. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, Yol. ii. No. 1. 
[1. The Expedition to Sokotra: Descriptions of the New Birds. By 
W. R. Ogilvie Grant and H. O. Forbes, LL.D. 
2. Catalogue of the Coraciae: Cuckoo-Rollers, Rollers, Motmots and 
Todies, Kingfishers and Bee-eaters, and of the Trogons ( Trogonidce ) in 
the Derby Museum. By H. 0. Forbes and H. C. Robinson.] 
In this number of the f Bulletin 9 we find a short history 
of the highly successful Socotran Expedition of 1898-1899, 
followed by descriptions of the birds discovered by it. These 
are characterized as Scops socotranus , Fi'ingillaria insularis , 
F. socotrana, Caprimulgus jonesi, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis , 
Passer hemileucus , and Motacilla forwoodi. The last two 
are from the little island of Abd-el-Kuri, off Cape Guardafui. 
We are promised a volume with a complete account of the 
expedition and its results. 
Messrs. Forbes and Robinson continue their useful cata¬ 
logue of the Birds of the Liverpool Museum, and now treat 
of the Leptosomatidse, Coraciidse, Momotidae, Todidse, Alce- 
dinidae, Meropidae, and Trogonidae of that important 
collection. A new subspecies of Bee-eater is described as 
Melittophagus gularis gabonensis (from Gaboon), and a new 
Trogon as Pyrotrogon neglectus (from Malacca). We are 
quite in favour of altering names if incorrect, but cannot 
accede to the proposal to change the name of the African 
Trogon Hapaloderma narina to “ narinum.” The name was 
proposed by Le Vaillant in honour of a beautiful young 
Hottentot girl “ Narina,” who was certainly not of the 
neuter gender ! 
