508 Recently published Orniihologicul Works. 



(p. 39), tlie editor of this Journal is mistaken for Mr. ¥. H. 

 Salvin, one of the authors of the ' Falconry of the British 

 Isles,^ and vice versa ! 



Weliave no space to enter upon the numerous shortcom- 

 ings in Dr. Breeds book ; but such statements as the following 

 afford some evidence as to how far our available knowledge 

 has been draw'n upon to bring this second edition up to the 

 mark : — 



We are told that " very little, if any thing, is known of the 

 liabits and nidification of the Lanner " (p. 35). We beg to 

 refer Dr. Bree to Mr. J. PI. Cochrane's article in 'The Ibis ' 

 for 1864, Mr. Tristram's remarks (ibid. 1865, p. 256), also 

 to Mr. E. C. Taylor's note (ibid. 1867, p. 52), and IMr. C. 

 Farman's remarks (ibid. 1868, p. 411). 



All notices of the breeding of Falco sacer are passed over 

 in silence; yet surely there is no lack of information lying 

 ready to Dr. Bree's hand. Concerning F. eleonortB we have 

 the same complaint to make ; for, so far as Dr. Bree is con- 

 cerned. Dr. Kruper might never have written his exhaustive 

 article on this species (J. fiir Orn. 1864, pp. 1-23). 



Two additional species are introduced into the European 

 fauna in this volume, the " Striated Eagle " and Aquila cul- 

 leni, Bree. The status of neither of these birds can be said 

 to be very satisfactory. The former we have little doubt is 

 the young of Aquila heliaca, Dr. Cullen's Tartar notwith- 

 standing. Aquila culleni is based upon a living bird now in 

 the Zoological Gardens at Antwerp. It must be here re- 

 marked that Dr. Bree has never seen this specimen, nor has 

 any ornithologist examined it critically, except his corre- 

 spondent, Professor Van den Nest, who thought it was 

 Aquila naevioides till Dr. Bree persuaded him it was not.- 

 Now, as Dr. Bree could not take the Secretary of the 

 Zoological Society's excellent advice, and study the Eagles 

 in the Regent's Park, which were, after several years' con- 

 finement, changing their young striated plumage for their 

 adult dress, it was hardly to be expected that he should 

 visit the Antwerp Gardens to see the supposed new Aquila 

 culleni If he had done so, he might have given us his 



