Recenthj published Ornithological Works. 135 



England ! Messrs. Ussiier, Warren, Williams, and a few 

 others do their best ; and Dr. C. J. Patten gives us an 

 important article, with a map of distribution, on the RufF 

 {Machetes pugnax). The details of a new breeding-place of 

 the Sandwich Tern {Sterna cantiaca) on Lough Erne, from 

 notes by Mr. Warren, is an interesting feature ; for until 

 recently there was only one colony of this species known in 

 Ireland. Another Snow-Goose, referred to Chen nivalis 

 (Forster), is recorded (p. 109). — II. S. 



15. Kastschenko on the Birds vf the Altai. 



[Results of the Zoological Altai-Expedition in the year 1898. Ver- 

 tebrata. By N. Th. Kastschenko. Bull. Imp. Univ. Tomsk, 1899. 

 Pp. 158, 3 pis. (Russian.)] 



This work we know only from the notice of it in the 

 ' Zoologische Centralblatt' (Jahrg. vii. p. 815). It gives an 

 account of the results obtained by a small expedition sent 

 out to the Altai under the leadership of Prof. Kastschenko 

 in 1898. The names of the birds observed are stated in the 

 notice. They include Gypaetus barhatus, Dryocopus martius, 

 Sitta uralensis, Lusciniola fuscata, Ruticilla erythronota, 

 Accentor altaicus, Pyrrhocorax alphins, Otocorys brandti, 

 Emberiza leucocephala, Charadrius geojfruyi, and others of 

 interest. 



16. Le Souef on the Mud-nest-building Birds of Australia. 



[The Mud-nest-building Birds of Australia. By D. Le Souef. Know- 

 ledge, xxiii. p. 92 (April 2nd, 1900).] 



Besides the Swallows there are in Australia three species 

 of birds belonging to three different genera that principally 

 use mud in the composition of their nests. These are 

 Corcorax melanorhamphus , Struthidea cinerea, and Grallina 

 picata. Their nests and eggs are described and well figured 

 in this article. 



17. Loomis on Califondan Water-birds. 



[California Water-birds. — No. IV. Vicinity of Monterey in Autumn. 

 By Leverett M. Loomis. Proc. California Ac. Sc. ser. 3, Zool. ii. No. 3.] 



We have now received another of Mr. Loomis' essays 



