Recently published Ornithological Works. 149 



other hand_, many species are conspicuous by their entire, or 

 almost entire, absence in summer, among which may be 

 mentioned the Lesser Whitethroat, the Marsh Titmouse, the 

 Hawfinch, the Carrion Crow, the Wryneck, the Green and 

 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, the Short-eared Owl, and the 

 Eider Duck. 



Of the Missel-Thrush, Redstart, Magpie, Starling, Jack- 

 daw, Swift, Stock-Dove, Ring-Dove, Shoveller, Tufted Duck, 

 and Woodcock an increase is reported, while it is pleasant 

 to hear that the Marsh- and Hen-Harriers and the Eagles 

 still hold their ground in favoured spots. Attention is called 

 to the fact that Giraldus Carabrensis, in the twelfth century, 

 stated that Cranes were then numerous, and the discovery of 

 bones of the Great Auk in the kitchen- middens of Antrim 

 and Waterford is chronicled. 



The illustrations are reproductions of photographs by 

 Mr. Barrett-Hamilton and others, with a coloured frontis- 

 piece of the eggs of the Peregrine Falcon. 



32. ' Victorian Naturalist,' No. 3. 



[The Victorian Naturalist, the Jourual and Magazine of the Field- 

 Naturalists' Club of Victoria. Vol. xvii. No. 3. Melbourne : 1900. 

 Price 6fZ.] 



The organ of the Field-Naturalists' Club of Victoria 

 usually contains information of interest to the ornithologist, 

 and the part now before us is no exception to the rule. 

 Mr. R. Hall continues his notes on Australian species, and 

 records for the first time a Pardalote (Pardalotus affinis) as 

 being the foster-parent of one of the parasitic Cuckoos 

 [Chalcococcyx plagosus). He also gives the results of obser- 

 vations on the time required by certain birds to attain 

 the adult state, in which there seems to be considerable 

 divergence. Mr. D. Le Souef reports an instance of the 

 Australian Eagle {Aquila audax) attacking a sheep-dog 

 when following its master. 



