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53. Rowley's ' Orfiithological Miscellany,' Part xiv. 

 Since our notice of part xiii. of this work [antea, p. 193), 



a fourteenth has been published, completing the third volume, 

 and, we regret to say, bringing the work to a conclusion. 

 Our readers will regret to learn that ill health has obliged 

 the energetic editor of the ' Ornithological Miscellany ' to 

 abandon his task. 



The first paper in the final number is by Lord Tweeddale, 

 on Poliohierax insignis, a plate (ciii.) of which is given. Mr. 

 Rowley continues his notes on the genus Ptilopus, figuring 

 P. speciosus. Mr. Sharpe has an article on the genus Ar- 

 tamus and its geographical distribution, wherein an Austra- 

 lian species is described as new and called A. venustus. Con- 

 cerning the name to be adopted for the Philippine Artamus, 

 Mr. Sharpens views have already been criticized {antea, p. 383) . 

 Mr. Rowley then has ^'A few words on Fen-land," wherein he 

 treats of fens, geese, ducks, decoys, &c., giving anecdotes and 

 notes appertaining thereto. The next article is an abridged 

 translation of Count Wodzicki's note on Savi's Warbler, pub- 

 lished in 1853 in the ' Journal fiir Ornithologie.^ Then follows 

 notes on breeding -places in England of Anas fuligula and A. 

 ferina. A few notes on the Kittiwake is succeeded by re- 

 marks on the extinct gigantic birds of Madagascar and New 

 Zealand, accompanied by full-sized drawings of the eggs of 

 ^pyornis maximus, Dinornis ingens, and D. crassus. A 

 further note on Sceloglaux albifacies brings Mr. Rowley to 

 his concluding remarks. 



54. /. H. Gnrney, Jun., on the Birds of the Fern Islands. 



[Notes on the Fern Islands and some of the Birds which are found there. 

 Pr. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 1877, pp. 268-278.] 



A comparison of Mr. Gurney^s notes with Selby^s account 

 of the birds breeding on the Fern Islands, published in the 

 ' Zoological Journal ' in 1826, give us data for noting the 

 changes that have taken place in the bird-population of those 

 interesting islands during the lapse of more than half a cen- 

 tury. Mr. Gurney's record leaves us with the sad impression 

 that, unless the supposed restrictions on the destruction of 



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