360 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



review of Mr. Rothschild's ' Extinct Birds ' in the April 

 number. Finally, in October, Mr. E. S. Cameron describes 

 the changes of plumage in Buteo swainsoni. 



28. ' The Avicultural Magazine? 



[Avicultural Magazine. The Journal of the Avicultural Society. 

 New Series. Vol. vi. Nos. 11, 12, Vol. vii. Nos. 1-5 (Sept. 1908-Marcli 

 1909.)] 



The Editor of this Magazine, Mr. D. Seth-Smith, has the 

 first claim upon our attention for his attractive article on 

 his visit to Australia on behalf of the Zoological Society. 

 This article is continued from September to March, and gives 

 an account of his sojourn in West Australia, with trips to 

 the mining centre of Kalgoorlie, the Forest region, and the 

 Mammoth cave; from Freemantle he proceeded by sea to 

 Adelaide, and thence by train to Melbourne, the Zoological 

 Gardens at both of these places being a great attraction, while 

 at the latter he took a further trip to the Penton Hills. To 

 an aviculturist the whole story is especially interesting on 

 account of the large number of Australian species of birds 

 that may be kept in confinement. 



The allusion to Zoological Gardens leads naturally to the 

 mention of a paper in November by Mr. R. I. Pocock on 

 the breeding-habits of the genus Crax, as exemplified in the 

 mating of a female of C. hecki with a male of C. glohicera 

 at Regent's Park. The nest of twigs in a tree built by the 

 male, the period of incubation by the female, the two white 

 eggs, the remarkable precocity of the young and the method 

 of feeding them are all duly chronicled, and give much 

 information to the ornithologist. 



Success in breeding rare species in captivity seems to be 

 now almost more the rule than the exception, a fact which 

 must be most gratifying to the Society and on which we 

 congratulate it most heartily. In his well-known aviaries 

 at Gooilust, Mr. F. E. Blaauw has reared many rare species, 

 among which Gallus sonnerati may be particularized (Nov.) ; 

 and at Woburn the Duchess of Bedford has been equally 

 successful, especially with several species of Cranes (Sept.). 



