74 From Magazines, &c. |_isf"oct. 



flesh by the Trustees of the Australian Museuni two years pre- 

 viously. With regard to the Ewing Tit, had Mr. North critically 

 examined the birds sooner, he would, no doubt, have anticipated 

 the work of the Aust. O.U. at Hobart. Possibly the fact that 

 he has been in ill-health for a long time, and has had to entrust 

 much of his work to others, may account for the oversight. 



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Bulletin of the Philippine Mtiscum (No. 4, issued 15th May, 

 1904) contains a comprehensive paper by Mr. Richard C. 

 M'Gregor on " The Birds of Calayan and Fuga, Babuyan Group." 

 Mr. M'Gregor, who visited the islands, deals in a scientific 

 style with a collection of over 1,000 skins, which was made on 

 Calayan and Fuga, which belong to a group of small islands 

 due north of Luzon. A few species from Luzon and other 

 islands are also dealt with in their proper place. 



The following species are described as new, viz. : — Turnix 

 worcestcri , Macropygia phma, Otus ctiyensis, Otus calayensis, 

 Eudynaiuis f rater, Zosterops fiavissinta, Hyloterpe fallax ; 

 while 1 5 species are enumerated as new for the Philippines. 

 The skins of Ttirnix worcesteri and Hyloterpe fallax are figured 

 in accompanying photo-blocks. Strange to state, the type- 

 specimen of the former (an adult female) was purchased in the 

 Manila Market — date, 30th August, 1902. 



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The Avieultural Magazine. — The July issue (vol. ii.. No. 9) 

 lacks the coloured plate which has been such a prominent 

 feature of this publication of late, but as a well-subscribed-to 

 fund has been initiated to continue the series it will not be long 

 before these admirable pictures are continued. (In this con- 

 nection the question arises, Is the mother-land once more taking 

 a leaf from the book of her Austral daughter ?) Save the con- 

 tinuation of the article on Bronze-wing Pigeons (noticed elsewhere) 

 there is not much to interest Australian readers in the present 

 issue. Some nest-boxes to encourage the breeding of birds are 

 photographed, and call to mind some much rougher, and possibly 

 equally effective, ones seen by the Melbourne members of the 

 Aust. O.U. who visited Adelaide some two years ago, and had 

 the opportunity of seeing what members of the Mellor family 

 were doing for the native birds. 



Bird-Lore. — The Herring Gull forms the subject of an illus- 

 trated article in the May- June number (vol. vi., pp. 86-88). 

 The writers describe the colonies of these birds on Lake Superior. 

 Other articles in the magazine deal with " A Tamed Ruffed 

 Grouse," " A Blue Jay Household," and " Tree-Swallows in a 

 Bird-Box." In addition to the usual budget of news for 

 American ornithologists there are two good coloured plates of 

 members of the Warbler family. Yellow seems the pre- 

 dominating colour in them all. Dealing with the necessity 



