500 Recerithj jjubllsJitd Ornif/w/oi/ical JTurks. 



100. Martorelli on Dicltroism in the Herons. 



[Nota Oruitologicca sopra VArdcola idee (Ilartlaub) e cenno sul di- 

 croismo di varii Ardeidi. Del socio I'rof. Giacinto Martorelli. Atti 

 Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 1900.] 



Prof. Martorelli shows that Ardeola idee of Madagascar 

 lias a pure white as well as a coloured phase of plumage, 

 and takes the opportunity of enumerating the other kuowu 

 cases in which this phenomenon, which he calls ' leuco- 

 chroism,' has been found to exist in the Herons. 



101. Paddock on the Birds of Shropshire. 



[Catalogue of Shropshire Birds. R}' G. il. Paddock. 8vo. Newport, 

 Salop: Lunii, 1897. Pp. 104.] 



Though published so loug ago as 1897, a copy of this 

 list of the Birds of Shropshire has only lately reached us. It 

 gives short notes on the distribution or occurrence of 231 

 species, and is prefaced by a very brief introduction on the 

 character and scenery of the county. 



102. Palmer and Olds on the Game-Laws of the U.S.A. 



[La^vs regulating the Transportation aud Sale of Game. By T. S. 

 Palmer and II. W. Olds. Bull. U.S. Uept. Agric. no. 14, 1900.] 



The title of this work speaks for itself, aud it is only 

 necessary to add that, besides a digest of the various State 

 Laws upon the subject, which are supplemented by an Act 

 of Congress prohibiting the wrongful shipment of the birds, 

 general discussions are given upon such subjects as close- 

 seasons, [jartial protection, limited bags, and hunting-licences, 

 with a section specially devoted to Big Game. 



103. Rothschild and Harterfs Notes on Papuan Birds. 



[Notes on Papuan Birds. By the lion. Walter Rothschild and Ernst 

 Hartert. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 55.] 



After remarks on their views as to subspecies, and some 

 interesting extracts from Doherty^s letters about certain of 

 the localities which he had visited, the authors discuss the 

 Papuan Pittidte and Psittaci, as illustrated by specimens 



