Beceutly puhlisJied Ornithological IVorks. 501 



The methods of determining a bird's age and sex are^ moreover, 

 taken into consideration, while the sequence of the plumages 

 is traced up to the second '' preuuptial moult " ; theories of 

 colour-change are also reviewed, and out-of-door observations 

 upon the moult and the subsequent migration are recorded, 

 A bibliography and seven plates add to the value of this 

 article. 



89. Fisher's Reminiscences of a Falconer. 



[Reminisceuces of a Falcouer. By Major Charles Hawkins Fislier. 

 London, 1901. 8vo. Pp. i-xiv, 1-188. Price lO^-. Grf. net.] 



: Major Fisher gives an interesting account of his experiences, 

 and of the various amateurs and professionals whom it has 

 been his fortune to meet in the pursuit of the above-mentioned 

 sport. To the whole are prefixed essays from his own pen 

 on the revival of Faconry and on modern Falconry, while a 

 memoir of William Brodrick, one of the authors of ' Falconry 

 in the British Islands,^ is appended. More than half of the 

 illustrations consist of portraits of devotees of hawking. 



90. Godman's ' Biologia Centrali- Americana.' 



[Biologia Ceutrali-Americana ; or, Conlributious to the Knowledge 

 of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by 

 F. DuCaneGodman. (Zoology.) Parts CLXI. & CLXII. 1901. (Pub- 

 lished for the Editors by R. H. Porter, 7 Princes Street, Cavendish 

 Square, W.] 



In these two Parts of the ' Biologia,^ pp. 89-128 of the 

 letterpress of the third volume of the Birds are contained. 

 They continue the account of the Diurnal Birds of Prey 

 of Central America, and relate to the subfamilies Aquilinte, 

 Milvinse, Micrasturin^e, Herpetotherinae, Falconinse, and 

 Polyborinas. 



Good coloured figures are given of Micrastur mirandollei, 

 M. amaurus, and Falco deiroleucus. 



91. Goeldi's ' Birds of Brazil/ Vol. II. 



[Monographias Brasileiras. E. Goeldi. As Aves do Brasil. Segunda 

 parte. Rio de Janeiro, 1900. 1 vol. Pp. 311-664, and index.] 



After waiting for some years (see 'Ibis/ 189."), p. 28.2) we are 



