15 t Recently published OrnitJwlo(jical JFurks. 



Cuckoo killed by striking the lantern of the Skulmartiu 

 Lightship on the 26th of November, 11)00 — the latest date on 

 record, we believe. So little is known about the Great and 

 Sooty Shearwaters on our coasts that we welcome Mr. Ussher's 

 paper on the frequency and abundance of these birds otf the 

 coasts of Kerry, Cork, and Waterford ; the information 

 being mainly derived from the experiences of Mr. H. Becher, 

 who has, by the way, contributed some valuable notes 

 respecting the autumn of 1901 to ' The Field,' and has sent 

 some much-desired specimens to the Dublin Museum. Similar 

 examples would be much appreciated at the Natural History 

 Museum, South Kensington. — H. S. 



19. Le Souef on the Eggs o/ Pitta iris. 



[Description of Eggs of the Rainbow-Pitta, Pitta iris. By I). Le 

 Souef, C.M.Z.S. Vict. Nat. xviii. p. 157.] 



Mr. Le Souef gives us an account of the nest and eggs of 

 Pitta iris, taken on the Daly River, N.W, Australia, on the 

 24th of December, 1900. Mr. Campbell {' Nests and Eggs 

 of Australian Birds,' p. 529) has mentioned them as " uu- 

 described." 



20. Le Souef on the Water-Birds of Riverina. 



[Among the Wnterfowl in Iliveriua. By L). Le Suuef, C.M.Z.S. "Vict. 

 Nat. xviii. pp. 1-7.] 



Mr. Le Souef read before the Field-Naturalist Club of 

 Victoria in February last year an account of his visit to the 

 swamps of the Riverina district o£ New South Wales in 

 the preceding December. Tlie most interesting object 

 noticed was a mixed breeding-colony of Cormorants, Herons, 

 Spoonbills, and Ibises, with a single nest of the Wedge- 

 tailed Eagle. Other birds were alsu met with. 



21. Martorelli on new Cases of Hybridism in Birds. 



[Due nuovi casi d'Ibridismo negli Uccelli. Nota Ornitologica del 

 cio Prof. Giacinto Martorelli. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. xl. pp. 1-2.'). J 



Prof. Martorelli describes and figures two supposed 



