Recently published OrnithologicallVurks. 185 



Cliagpore, and the Neilglierries. Mr. Stuart Baker lias seen 

 about -10 Indian specimens of its eggs. A list of 20 species 

 of Passeres iu which its eggs have been found is given. The 

 egg of C. saturatus has also been obtained, but is much 

 scarcer than that of C. canoriis ; it is white or very slightly 

 speckled, and two coloured figures are given of it on plate i. 



Of both the two other Indian species of true Cuckoo 

 (C. poliocephalus and C. mi crop terns) authenticated eggs 

 have also been obtained, and that of the latter is figured on 

 plate ii. It is pale blue, but in some examples a few specks 

 are visible. 



Of Hierococcijx nisicolur the eggs are quite different, being 

 short and stumpy, and varying from dark brown to olive, but 

 those of H, sparvtrioides are again of a uniform pale blue. 



The known eggs of the species of Cacomantis, Penthoceryx, 

 Chrysococcyx, Surniculus, Coccystes, and Eudynamis are all 

 fully discussed by Mr. Stuart Baker in Parts II. and III. of 

 this series of excellent papers, and many interesting eggs are 

 figured and described. In Part IV. some additional notes 

 are given, and the extreme abundance of our common 

 Cuckoo in the Khasia Hills is insisted upon. In the spring 

 of 1907 at Shillong tlie author had brought to him no less 

 than 59 eggs of Cuculus canorusl In Part V. (1908) 

 Mr. Stuart-Baker descants on an undoubted blue egg of 

 Cuculus canorus, and shews that a remarkable egg found in 

 a nest of a Sun-bird [j^Etfiiopyga scherice) must have belonged 

 to Chrysococcyx maculatus. 



23. Winge on the Birds of the Danish Lighthouses in 1907. 



[Fuglene ved de danske Fyr i 1907. 25de Aarsberetning om danske 

 Fugle. Ved Herluf Wiuge. Vid. Medd. fra d. nat. Foren. Kbhvn. 

 1908.] 



This is the twenty-fifth annual report of Herr Winge's 

 series of papers upon the birds obtained and observed at the 

 lighthouses which surround the coast of Denmark. In 1907 

 1738 specimens were forwarded to the Cophenhagen Museum 

 and referred to 79 species, while the whole number of birds 

 observed was estimated to be over 8000. The species of 



