708 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



After tlie Persian Introduction, the treatise begins by- 

 considering the "■ Yellow-eyed Birds-of-Prey ■" — Goshawks, 

 Sparrow-Hawks, the Serpent-Eagle, the Eagle-Owl, the 

 Lammergeier, the Osprey, Harriers, and so forth. The 

 second part treats of the " Dark-eyed Birds-of-Prey " — that 

 is, the remaining species used for hawking. In this section 

 is included much information of a curious character on the 

 capture of the birds, their training and management, their 

 food and diseases, their parasites and the like ; the whole 

 composing a treatise which is most interesting to read, and 

 is full of that " Sage Advice " which is the heading of one 

 of the chapters. 



Many illustrations make the book still more attractive, 

 some being facsimiles, some copies of curious Persian 

 paintings, and some depicting the birds themselves. 



100. Revue F?-anqaise d'Ornithologie. 



[Revue Fran^aise d'Omithologie. Scientifique et Pratique. Publiee 

 par M. Louis Denise, 14 Rue Antoine-Boucher, Paris. Nos. 1-4.] 



The institution of a new Bird-Journal will interest all 

 readers of * The Ibis,^ and we have much pleasure in calling 

 attention to the first four numbers of the ' Revue Fran9aise 

 d'Omithologie,' which has been lately started. If we 

 understand rightly, it is proposed to comprise in it articles 

 on birds both of a scientific and of a practical character, 

 and M. Menegaux, the Assistant for Ornithology at the 

 National Museum in the Jardin des Plantes, is ready to 

 receive such communications at 55 Rue de Buffon, Paris. 



We will say a few words about the principal articles in 

 the four numbers already issued. 



In the first part (May 1909), after a short preface on 

 the objects and plan of the new periodical, we find an essay 

 by M. Raspail on the utility of the Rook {Corvus frugilegus) , 

 "which we are told is seriously menaced in some parts of 

 France, while M. Simon, a well-known authority on the 

 Trochilidae, commences a series of notes on that favourite 

 group of birds. 



