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1921 .] Recently published Ornithological Works. 
The only new genus in this part of the work is Penecenanthe , 
where the tail resembles that of a Wheatear. The species 
leucura has six or seven subspecies, according to whether we 
include Salvadori’s pulverulenta of New Guinea or not. 
Quoyornis georgianus has three races, Eopsaltria australis 
six. The latter, first figured by White in 1790, was given 
no less than three different names by Latham, and has had 
other synonyms, as will be seen from the text. A second 
species ,E. griseogularis, has four subspecies, of which wongani 
and quoyi , both from Western Australia, are new. 
Attention should be drawn to two pages of corrections of 
the Check-List printed in this part. 
Mathews on the dates of ornithological publications. 
[Dates of ornithological works. By Gregory M. Mathews. Austral 
Av. Record, iv. 1920, pp. 1-27.] 
In Appendix B of the last part of volume vii. of ‘The 
Birds of Australia'’ Mr. Mathews attempted to provide 
a list of the exact dates of publication of the ornithological 
works quoted by him. Though a good many investigations 
into this difficult bibliographical question have been made, 
especially by Mr. Sherborn and Mr. Waterhouse, no one 
has collected their results into one place easily accessible 
to the working ornithologist, and now Mr. Mathews has 
reprinted with additions and corrections this valuable piece 
of research in a more accessible form. 
The publications dealt with are primarily those in which 
the Australian birds are described ; but the list will un¬ 
doubtedly be of the greatest use and service to all systematic 
ornithologists, and we would tender our best thanks to 
Mr. Mathews for this excellent and laborious piece of 
work. 
Murphy on the Sea-birds of Peru. 
[The sea-coast and islands of Peru. Pts. I., II., & III. By Robert 
Cushman Murphy. Brooklyn Museum Quarterly, vii. 1920, pp. 69 -95, 
165-187, 239-272.] 
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