210 Recenthj published Ornitholoyical Works. 



him; and we wonder if he has ever tried Mr. R. Kearton's 

 portable artificial tree-truni<, of which he will find two 

 ilUistrations (open and closed) in ' Wild Life at Home/ 

 pp. 12-13, Mr. Lee's remark that each individual Barn-Owl 

 seems to have its favourite food, as the pellets under one 

 nest will contain only the remains of mice, and those nndcr 

 another tree all rats or small birds, is a much-needed warning 

 against generalizing from scanty data. The letterpress is as 

 good as usual, but some of the vignettes are rather deficient 

 in interest. 



23. Madardsz on Birds from New Guinea. 



[Ornitliologisclie Samniel-Ergebuisse Ludwig Biro's in Neu-Guiiiea. 

 Bearbeitet von Dr. Julius v. Madarasz. TermtSs. Fiizetek. 1899, p. 375.] 



Since the first list of Biro's collection in German New 

 Guinea was published [cf. 'Ibis,' 1898, p. 166), further 

 consignments have been received at Buda-Pesth, together 

 with a series of field-notes made by the collector. Dr. v. Mada- 

 rasz now gives a complete list of Biro's birds, accompanied 

 by these useful notes. They are prefaced by an interesting 

 letter from Biro, in which an account is given of his 

 principal collecting-quarters, near the native village of 

 Erima, about four kilometres N.W. of Stephansort, and of 

 the natives of that district and their various languages. 



The list enumerates 103 species, among which is a rare 

 Kingfisher, Halcyon elisabeth Heine, stated to be omitted 

 in the B.M. Catalogue. This species is figured, as are 

 also Rhipidura leucothorax Salvad., and Astur novce-guinece — 

 a new discovery of Biro's, which has been previously de- 

 scribed by Madaiasz (Orn. Mon. 1899, p. 27). Some breast- 

 bones are figured in the text, also the curious chick of 

 Centropus menebeki. 



24. Madardsz on Additions to the Hungarian Ornis. 



[Further Contribution to the Hungarian Ornis. By Dr. Julius von 

 Madarasz. Tenuis. Fiizetek. 1899, p. 344.] 



We may consider, Dr. v. Madarasz tells us, Joh. v. 

 Frivaldiky^'s 'Aves Hungarise,' published on the occasion of 



