Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^c. 153 



That this is an adult specimen is pi'oved by the fact that 

 it was taken in its nest, where it was sitting on an egg. The 

 egg is pure white. The nest was in a hole of a tree. I 

 determined the sex of the specimen myself, and can vouch for 

 its correctness. 



Yours &c., 



R. Shelford. 



Curator of the Sarawak Museum. 

 The Museum, Sarawak, 

 July 27th, lb98. 



Sirs, — Those readers of 'The Ibis' who were present at a 

 recent Meeting of the Congress of Zoology, whereat the 

 ornithological work of William Turner was produced, may 

 care to further acquaint themselves, if they have not already 

 done so, with that excellent man. The small octavo volume 

 "which creates an interest in him in every naturalist bears on 

 its titlepage the following inscription : — 



"Avivm I prtecipv I arvm, qvarvra I apvd Plinivm et Ari- I 

 stotelem mentio est, breuis & i succincta historia. I Ex optimis 

 quibusque scripto- I ribus coutexta, scholio ullu I strata & 

 aucta. I Adiectis nominibus Gr^ecis, Germanicis & I Britan- 

 nicis. I Per Dn. Guilielraum Turnerum, artium & Me- I dicinse 

 doctorem. I Colonic excudebat loan. Gymnicus, I Anno 

 M.D.XLiiii [vol. unic, 8"., s. pp. n.].'' 



Starting at the titlepage and calling this number 1, the 

 last printed page will be 157. The contents are disposed as 

 follows : — The " Epistola nuncupatoria '' occupies pp. 3-14, 

 and is dated ''Colonise 5. Idus Februarii, Anno m.d.xliiii.^' 

 Pp. 15-146 are devoted to the regular text, the head-line of 

 each page consisting of the words " de avibus." This is 

 followed by " Avium loci communes ex Aristotele," pp. 147, 

 148; tbe " Peroratio ad lectorem,'' pp. 149-153, dated 

 " Coloniaj Calend. Martiis"; complimentary verses in Greek 

 and Latin, pp. 154-156; and the twelve " Errata,'^ to which 

 the last page is devoted. The volume is dedicated to Edward, 

 Prince of Yf ales, afterwards Edward VI. * 



* For the privilege of examining a copy of this vohmie I am indebted 

 to the kindness of Professor Alfred Newton. 



