614 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Orkney as well as Shetland, and that a Black Tern was seen 

 on May 30th at Peebles, besides other interesting matter. 



81. Arrigoni degli Oddi on the Birds in the Collection of 

 the Marchesa M. Paulucci. 



[Note ornitologiche sulla collezione del Monte appartenente alia 

 Signora Marchesa M. Paulucci. Att. 1st. Veneto di Scienz. Ixvi. 

 parte seconda.] 



Count Arrigoni gives a description of the rich collection of 

 beautifully mounted Italian birds in the Villa del Monte, 

 near Certhaldo in Tuscany, belonging to the Marchesa M. 

 Paulucci. It contains 1140 examples of 336 species, con- 

 cerning which many interesting notes are given. Among 

 the rarities are Falco barharus (from Sardinia), Coccystes 

 glandarius (from Tuscany), Lusciniola melanopogon (from 

 Padua), a hybrid between Fringilla coelebs and F. monti- 

 fringilla, Fratercula arctica, and many others. 



82. ' Avicultural Magazine.' 



[Avicultural Magazine. The Journal of the Avicultural Society. 

 New Series. Vol. vi. Nos. 6-10 (April-August 1908).] 



This magazine once more furnishes us with a goodly- 

 number of interesting articles. Capt. Flower sends from 

 the Zoological Gardens of Giza a paper on Balaniceps rex, 

 in which he discusses the history and affinities, appearance 

 and habits of that remarkable bird. There are three 

 specimens of it at Giza, and though they have not yet bred 

 in captivity there, Capt. Flower is able to give us much 

 valuable information from his own personal observations. 



The coloured plates are of Phonipara lepida, Rallusabbotti, 

 and Pholidauges leucogaster, which are accompanied by 

 accounts of the birds and their allies by Mr. Phillipps, 

 Mr. Meade-Waldo, and Dr. Hopkinson respectively, while 

 Dr. Butler has also a few words to say on the last-named 

 species. Mr. Meade-Waldo and Dr. Hopkinson have had 

 the unusual advantage of studying the birds in their native 

 haunts. Uncoloured plates are, moreover, provided of 



