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of Graf Otto Chotck, was a carefully preserved eyrie oi Aquila 

 imperialis (sive heliaca), situated on au oak tree within sight 

 of the house, from which, as the Professor was subsequently 

 informed, three young birds were successfully reared by 

 their parents two months later. But all the larger birds of 

 this district and their nesting-places seem to have become 

 woefully diminished of late years. 



In the second article Prof. Mojsisovics gives a series of 

 systematically arranged notes on the birds met with during 

 the tour described in his former paper, and during another 

 excursion in the same district. Of Sterna fluviatilis he 

 speaks at some length and asserts that in this species 

 some examples can only be distinguished from jS. arctica 

 (sive macrura) by the longer tarsus. One hundred and 

 ninety-two species are included in the list. The supposed 

 occurrence of Hoplopterus spinosus (see p. 31) was not defi- 

 nitely established. 



88. ' Ornis,' Vol. I, Nos. 2, 3. 



[Ornis : Internationale Zeitsclirift fiir die gesammte Ornithologie. 

 Organ des perruanenten internationalen oruithologisclieu Comites, lieraus- 

 gegeben von Dr. R, Blasius und Dr. G. v. Hayek. 1 Jahrg,2 uud 3 Hefte. 

 Wien.] 



The conjoined numbers 2 and 3 of our new contemporary 

 ' Ornis ^ {antea, p. 90) contain articles by E. J. Grabowsky 

 on the habits of the birds of Borneo, and by H. Gatke on 

 the migratory visitors to Heligoland in 1884; as also the 

 lengthy report of the committee on the ornithological observ- 

 ing-stations of Austria and Hungary for 1885, drawn up by 

 Messrs. v. Dalla Torre and v. Tschusi. Herr Gatke's orni- 

 thological diary for 1884 will be read with great interest. 



89. Payne- Gallivey on Duck Decoys. 



[The Book of Duck Decoys : their Construction, Management, and 

 History. By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart. 4to. London : Van 

 Voorst, 1886.] 



This beautifully printed work, with numerous illustrations 

 and plans for the establishment and working of decoys, falls 

 more within the lines of the sportsman, and even of the 



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