Recently published Ornithological Works. 619' 



another of the nest and a single egg of Paradisea raggiana, 

 as well as a coloured plate of Oreoscoptes gutturalis. Lastly, 

 we must notice Mr. A. H. Mattingley's defence of Cor- 

 morants accused of causing a decrease in the supply of fish, 

 and Mr. A. J. CampbeiTs description of a new Emu-Wren 

 {Stipiturus mallee). 



In ' Stray Feathers ' Ninox connivens is stated to be partly 

 diurnal and to take its prey by day. In the section '' From 

 Magazines/^ attention is drawn to a new form of Clialcophaps 

 [C. occidentalis) recorded in the ' Victorian Naturalist/ xxiv. 

 p. 135. 



90. Flower on Zoological Gardens. 



[Notes on Zoological Gardens visited in Europe, 1897. By Stanley S» 

 Flower. Cairo, 1908. 8vo. 72 pp.] 



Capt. Stanley S. Flower, as on a former occasion, devoted 

 his summer in Europe in 1907 to visiting the Zoological 

 Gardens and Museums of England and the Continent. 

 The information thus acquired, and contained in the present 

 Report, relates mostly to Mammals. But Birds, although 

 perhaps not so prominent in some Gardens and less attractive 

 to the multitude, also occupied his attention, and there is 

 much to be learnt from his observations on this class of 

 animals. 



" Harz-Canaries " are well known, but the extent of the 

 trade in these favourite songsters can hardly be believed. A 

 single dealer at Alfeld on the Leine claims that 100,000 

 cock Canaries have passed through his hands in one year. 



Among the many rare birds in the Amsterdam Gardens 

 were seen examples of the Gold-crested Mynah [Ampeliceps 

 coronata), the Surinam Ani (^Crotophaga ani), and the Harpy 

 Eagle {Thrasaetus harpyia). The Stork-paddocks are 

 always well tenanted at Amsterdam, and comprise at present 

 two specimens of the rare Ciconia boyciana, and a veteran 

 Adjutant which has been over thirty years in the Gardens. 

 At Antwerp, in the Gardens of the Societe Royale de 

 Zoologie, the new large " Flying Aviary " attracted Capt. 

 Flower^s special attention, and the series of birds is " one of 



