Recently published OnuHiological J Forks. 177 



quite convinced himself of the ravages of the Kea {Nestor 

 notahilis) upon the flocks (see ' The Ibis/ 1908, p. 382). He 

 took photographs of the dead victims, and also of the nest- 

 lioles of the Keas, which breed in nearly inaccessible cavities 

 in the highest rocks. We are not sorry to be told that with 

 such breeding-places there seems to be little chance of these 

 " interesting but cruel birds " being exterminated ! 



11. Menegaux's Ornithological Papers. 



[(1) Catalogue des Oiseaux envoyes en 1906 du Tonquin et de I'Annani 

 par M, Boutou. Par M. A. Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'FI. N. 1907, 

 No. 1, p. 6. 



(2) Liste des Oiseaux rapport^s en 1906 par M. Geay de sud-ouest de 

 Madagascar. Par M. A. Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'H, N. 1907, No. 2, 

 p. 102. 



(3) Ornithologie renseignements pratiques (i., ii., iii.). Par M. A. 

 Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'H. N. 1907. 



(4) Catalogue des Oiseaux rapportes par M. et Mme. Ph. de Vilmoriu 

 de Soudan Egyptieu. Par M. A. Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'H. N. No. 6, 

 p. 385. 



(5) Liste des Oiseaux de la Guyane Frangaise donnes au Museum par 

 M. Rey. Par M. A. Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'H. N. 1907, No. 7, 

 p. 493. 



(6) Oiseaux de I'Equateur donnes au Mus6uni par M. Gonessiat. Par 

 M. A. Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'H. N. 1908, No. 2, p. 107. 



(7) Etude d'une collection d'Oiseaux de I'Equateiu: donne au Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle. Par M. A. Menegaux. Bidl. Soc. Phil, de Paris, 

 1908. 



(8) Sur les embryons, les poussins, et les jeunes oiseaux des Regions 

 australes. Par M. A. Menegaux. Bull. Mus. d'H. N. 1898, No. 2.] 



M. Menegaux, who is now in charge of the Mammals and 

 Birds in the French National Museum, has kindly sent us 

 copies of the eight ornithological memoirs of which the titles 

 are given above. No. 1 contains the names of 30 species of 

 birds, examples of which were received from the French 

 Colonies of .Tonquin and Annam. No. 2 gives an account 

 of a collection of birds made by M. Geay in Madagascar, 

 which are referred to 19 species ; amongst them is a pair 

 of that rare and singular form Uratelornis chimcera. 

 M. Geay observed in the sands of the sea-shore near Cap 



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