442 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



(2) Sopra gli Ibridi del tipo Anas boscas Linn, e Ckaiilelastnus streperus 

 (Linn.) colti in Italia. Del Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi. Atti K. Inslit. 

 Veneto d. Sci. ser. 7, viii. p. 1540. 



(3) Le Receuti Comparse del Puffinus kuhli (Bole) nel Veneziano. Del 

 Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi. Atti See. Ital. Sci. Nat. Milano, xxxvii. 

 p. 211. 



(4) La Nidificazione del Milviis nigrans Boddaert nel Territorio 

 Veronese. Per Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi. Atti R. Instit. Veneto d. 

 Sci. ser. 7, ix. p. 93.] 



A cinnamomeous (chlorocrostica) variation in plumage of 

 a female Mallard {Anas boscas) occurring in a specimen killed 

 near Venice in the spring of 1893 is described in the first 

 paper. 



In the second Prof. Arrigoni describes five examples of 

 wild-bred Anatidae between Anas boscas and Chaulelasmus 

 streperus that have been met with in Italy. About 12 other 

 examples of this cross are stated to be known to have occurred 

 in other parts of the world. 



Puffinus kuhli, although well known all over the Mediter- 

 ranean, appears to be comparatively scarce in the Northern 

 Adriatic. Prof. Arrigoni in the third paper records the 

 occurrence of 20 specimens of this bird near Venice in the 

 spring of last year, of which eight were preserved in various 

 collections. 



After a summary of the statements of previous authorities 

 upon the occurrence of the Black Kite {Milvus migrans) in 

 the various districts of Italy, the writer describes at full length 

 in the fourth paper a regular breeding-place of this bird in 

 the '' bosco del Grezzano," near Villafranca, in the province 

 of Verona. The Kites arrive here in the middle of March, 

 and remain until August and September. Copious details 

 are given of their nests, eggs, food, and habits, and accurate 

 descriptions of the plumages of the young and adults of both 

 sexes. 



55. ' The Auk: 



[The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Vol. xv. Nos. 1, 2, 

 January & April, 1898.] 



An obituarial notice, with portrait, of the much-regretted 

 Capt. Bendire occupies the first place in the January part of 

 our transatlantic contemporary. This is followed by an article 



