Recently published Ornithological Works. 453 



countless Cormorants in two sizcs^ besides numerous Egyptian 

 Geese/^ Quite new to us is the habit of the Rosy Bee- 

 eater (Merops nuhicus) in perching on the back of the Bustard 

 [Eupodotis kori) and capturing its insect-food thence, like a 

 Flycatcher. Mr. Neumann has even seen two Bee-caters 

 sitting on one " Paauw.^^ In the same way (see Mr. J. G. 

 Millais's beautiful drawing, p. 293) the Egrets perch on the 

 elephants, " the pure white plumage of the birds contrasting 

 picturesquely with the dark bodies of their great hosts.^' It 

 would appear that in " Rudolphia/^ as this northern part of 

 British East Africa may well be called, the Egyptian Goose 

 nests in trees, probably in other birds' nests, and is not 

 unfrequently robbed of its eggs by Vultures. 



73. North on the Birds of Cumberland County, New South 

 Wales. 



[The Birds of the County of Cumberland. By Alfred J. North, 

 C.M.Z.S. Reprinted from ' Handbook of Sydney and the County of 

 Cumberland.' 12mo. Melbourne, Sydney, &c. : 1898.] 



Mr. North sends us a little article on the birds of the 

 County of Cumberland, New South Wales, reprinted from 

 the ' Handbook ' of Sydney and its environs, prepared for 

 the use of the Members of the Australasian Association for 

 the Advancement of Science at their Meeting at Sydney in 

 January last. It contains short notes on 2G1 species of 

 birds. This is classical ground for the ornithologist, as the 

 Australian birds described by Latham were mostly obtained 

 during Cook's stay at Botany Bay, and the species of Vigors 

 and Horsfield were based on specimens collected near 

 Parramatta by Cay ley. 



74. Praeger on the Birds of Rockall Island. 



[Notes on an Expedition to Rockall. By R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E. 

 Irish Naturalist, vi. p. 309.] 



This is a pleasantly-written journal of the expedition sent 

 out by the Royal Irish Academy in charge of Mr. W. S. 

 Green in June 1896 to visit Rockall and to endeavour to 



