Recently published Ornithological Works. 345 



This interesting annual Report on the arrivals, dates of 

 nesting, and departures of birds in Germany treats of 204 

 species. As usual, the facts are jiresented in a clear and 

 concise manner. 



60. Report of the Austro-Hungarian Committee on the Mi- 

 gration of Birds. 



[I. Jahresbericht (1882) des Comitesfiir ornithologisclie Beobaclituugs- 

 stationen in Oesterreich und Uugam. Royal 8vo. Wien : 1883.] 



Observations or reports on migration are now the fashion, 

 and in emulation of the efforts of the Northern Germans and 

 ourselves, the Austro-Hungarians have entered the field with 

 a strong committee under the patronage of the Crown-Prince 

 Rudolf, and presided over by the Ritter von Tschusi zu 

 Schmidhoffen. In 200 pages we have valuable observations 

 upon the migration and distribution of 347 species ; and of 

 a surety the next wi^iter on the Birds of Europe will have 

 plenty of material, if only his lifetime and that of his assis- 

 tants suffice for the digestion thereof. 



61. Schalow's Catalogue of the Seventh Exhibition of the 

 JEgintha. 



[Catalog zur siebenten Ausstellung des deutschen Vereins fiir Vogel- 

 zucht und Acclimatisation (Aegiutha) in Berlin vom 8. bis 12. Februar 

 1884 in den Raumen des Hauses Friedrich-Strasse 178, 1. Etage, 8vo. 

 Berlin: 1884] 



Herr H. Schalow has kindly forwarded to us a copy of the 

 catalogue of the seventh exhibition of the vEgintha, or 

 German Union for Bird-breeding and Acclimatation, which 

 took place in Berlin in February last. A good series of 

 Parrots and other foreign birds, as well as of the more usually 

 kept native families, appears to have been brought together. 



62. Selys-Long champs on the Birds of Heligoland. 



[Excursion a I'lle d'Heligoland en Septembre 1879. Par M. Edni. de 

 Selys-Longcbamps. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 2o0.] 



An interesting account of Mr. Gatke^s famed collection. 



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