448 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



had received alive as a present from Dr. Goeldi, of Para (see 

 P. Z. S. 1898, p. 348), and tlie anatomy of which would be 

 described by Mr, Beddard in the next number of ' The Ibis.' 

 Such hybrids were said to be not uncommon at Ceara 

 in Brazil, whence the present specimen was obtained^ and 

 to be known bv the name of " Tahy." 



XXXVIII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 329.] 

 61. Agassiz's Report on the Museum of Comparative Zoo- 

 logy at Harvard. 



[Annual Kex^ort of the Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Harvard College to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for 

 1897-98. 8vo. Cambridge, U.S.A., 1898.] 



From this Report we regret to learn that Prof. Alexander 

 Agassiz resigned his long-held office of Director of the 

 IMuseum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cam- 

 bridge, U.S.A., at the close of last year. Mv. Agassiz has 

 presented to that Institution all his collections and papers 

 deposited there, with conditions of free access to them during 

 liis life. He does not seem at all satisfied with the future 

 prospects of the IMuseum, believing that the '' Natural- History 

 Museums of New York and Chicago, connected as they are 

 with municipalities which deal with them in a most generous 

 and intelligent manner, will soon leave far behind a University 

 Museum depending upon resources which grow annually less 

 with painful regularity.'' The Department of Mammals and 

 Birds in the Museum, which is presided over by Mr. William 

 Brewster, is stated to have had an '^uneventful" year. 



62. Annals of Scottish Natural History. 



[The Annals of Scottish Natural History, a Quarterly Magazine, with 

 which is incorporated ' The Scottish Naturalist.' No. 29, January 1899, 

 and No. 30, April 1899.] 



In the January issue of this quarterly, a list of the birds 

 of the Ballinluig district, Perthshire, by Mr. Bruce Campbell, 



