548 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
73. Benham on Notornis. 
[Notes on the Fourth Skin of Notornis. By W. Blaxland Benham, 
D.Sc.Lond. Trans. N. Zealand Inst. xxxi. p. 146. 
Notes on certain of the Viscera of Notornis. Id. ibid. p. 151.] 
These two papers by Dr. Benham give us particulars of 
the fourth known specimen of Notornis mantelli, which was 
captured near Invercargill on the 7th of August, 1898. 
It proved, on examination, to be a young female in a 
“ thoroughly healthy clean condition/'’ so it is quite probable 
that there may be more of them in the bush of that district. 
The external characters are fully described in the first paper 
and the viscera in the second, and the latter are illustrated 
by two plates. 
74. Bingham on two new Birds from Burmah. 
[On a new Genus and Species of Bulbul and an apparently new Species 
of Cyornis. By Col. C. T. Bingham, F.Z.S. Ann. & Mag. N. II. ser. 7, 
v. p. 657 (1900).] 
Col. Bingham describes a Bulbul, Cerasophila thompsoni 
(sp. et gen. nov.), from Loi-San-Pa (6500 feet), and a Fly¬ 
catcher, Cyornis brevirostris, from Kalaw (4000 feet) in 
Upper Burmah. 
75. Chapman on two new American Grebes. 
[Description of two new Subspecies of Colymbus dominicus Linn. By 
Frank M. Chapman. Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. xii. p. 255.] 
Mr. Chapman proposes to separate the American Grebes 
allied to Podicipes dominicus into three subspecies, calling 
the two new forms Colymbus dominicus brachyrhynchus (from 
Brazil) and C. d. brachypterus (from Texas). 
76. Cheeseman on the Australian Snipe in New Zealand. 
[Notice of the Occurrence of the Australian Snipe ( Gallinago australis ) 
in New Zealand. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. Trans. N. Zealand Inst, 
xxxi. p. 105.] 
The occurrence of the Australian Snipe (G ailing o australis ) 
near Auckland is described. This is the first example 
