198 Recenthj published Ornithological Works. 



XI. — Notices uf recent Ornithological Publications. 



1. Andrews on the Skeleton of Phororhacos. 



[On the Extinct Birds of Patagonia.— I. The Skull and Skeleton of 

 Phororhacos iujlatus Aniegliiuo. B^^ C. W. AndreAvs, B.Sc, F.Z.S. 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. xv. p;. 55-86, pis. xiv.-xvii.] 



Here we have at last an excellent description of the 

 remains of the extinct Patagouiau wonder^ Phororhacos 

 injiutus, with good illustrations of what is known of its 

 osseous structure, taken from the original specimens of 

 Seiior Ameghino, now in the British Museum. As 

 Mr. Andrews tells us, this bird " presents a most extra- 

 oi'dinary combination of characters to which no close parallel 

 can be found amongst recent forms. '^ A summary of 

 opinions as to its relationships has already been given to us 

 by the same author in this Journal (Ibis, 1896, p. 1.2). 



2. Annals of Scottish Natural Histonj. 



[The Annals uf Scottish Natural History. A Quarterly Magazine, 

 with which is iuL-orporated 'The Scottish Naturalist.' No. ol, July 189U, 

 and No. 32, October 1891).] 



We are glad to learn from our colleague, Mr. T. G. 



Laidlaw, that increasing interest appears to be felt in the 



movements and occurrences of birds in Scotland, to judge 



from the schedules returned ; his valuable report for 1898 is 



to be found on pp. 140-158. Under the heading " Obstacles 



to the Protection of Birds'' Eggs in Scotland " ax'c printed 



specimens from many letters addressed as recently as 1898 



and 1899 to ornithologists and lighthouse-keepers, in which 



the writer — whose name is given — asks " iu exchange " for 



" full separate clutches taken only in Great Britain, Ireland, 



or Faroe, with satisfactory data^' of eggs, among Avliich may 



be noted, "Eagles (both), Osprey, Kite, lioney-Buzzard, 



Harriers (all three). Dotterel, Greenshauk, Iluft', Roseate 



Tern, Great Skua"j not to mention eggs of some species 



covered by the game-laws. Inter alia the writer says he 



" can spare man}' good clutches of Clioughs (Irish)." We 



are sorry to learn that Ospreys have been destroyed iu the 



