362 Eecenihj published Ornithological Works. 



importance to naturalists in general. In July Mr. Pycraft 

 ■writes on the nestling of Psephotvs multicolor, and in August 

 on that of Calopsittacus novcB-nollandio'. (cuts). In both 

 these members of the family Psittacidse he finds the tomia 

 of the bill peculiar, and in the latter the feet non-zygodac- 

 tylous at first. Other Parrots evidently need investigation 

 in these respects. In July Mr. Pocock tells us of the nesting 

 of Recurvirostra avocetta in the Zoological Gardens, and 

 gives cuts to shew the nearly straight beak of the chick. In 

 August Messrs. A. & H. Pam review the facts connected 

 with the introduction by them into England of three con- 

 signments of Humming-birds (pi.), the food on which they 

 were kept, and the chances for and against their remaining 

 alive. In November Sir W. Ingram records the hatching 

 in his aviaries at Monte Carlo of the chick (pi.) of Rollulus 

 roulroul, probably the first ever seen by Europeans. In 

 October Mr. C. Ingram figures the female and a supposed 

 egg of Paradisea apoda. In December Mr. R. Phillipps 

 describes a female of Sericidus melinus assuming the plumage 

 of the male. In July Mr. Astley writes on polygamy in the 

 Bhea, and in December the Duchess of Bedford on the Red- 

 crested Cardinal breeding at large in the park at Woburn. 



Besides this there are pleasantly written accounts of 

 Aviculture in Demerara by Mr. Harper (Nov., Dec.) and in 

 Eastern Asia by INIr. C. Ingram ; articles are contributed 

 by Mr, L. Seth-Smith on Guttera cristata in Unyoro; by 

 Mr. D. Seth-Smith on Geophaps scripta and G. smithi, and 

 on rearing the young of Turnix varia ; by Mrs. Gregory on 

 Psophia crepitans (pi.) ; by Capt. Flower on Pluvianus cegyptius 

 (pi.) ; and by Mr. Attewell on Todus viridis in Jamaica. 



Four articles have coloured plates : therein are described 

 respectively Querquedula versicolor (with other species) by 

 Mr. Finn, Rhinoptilus hicinctus by Mr. Horsb'rugh (from the 

 Modder River), Sialia sialis by Mr. Beebe (and also by 

 Dr. Butler), and Calliste fastuosa by the last-named. But 

 these are little more than a tithe of the papers which we 

 should be glad to notice if space allowed. 



