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Review. 



" CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS." 



This reference work has reached its third and concluding part. 

 The original intention in preparing the " Catalogue " was to com- 

 plete the work in two parts, but the large amount of valuable 

 information which became available by the time Part II. was 

 completed rendered a third part necessary. 



Part III. deals with the Sparrows. Swallows, Vireos, Warblers, 

 Wrens, Titmice, and Thrushes, including the order Passeres after 

 the Icterida-. The species are numbered consecutively, the ver- 

 nacular name coming iirst, in bold type, followed by the technical 

 designation and authority. Then follow succinct accounts of 

 habits and range, and reference to Museum specimens, concluding 

 with " Breeding Notes " when procurable. 



The work is issued by the Geological Survey Department of 

 Canada, under the direction of Dr. Robt. Bell, F.R.S., and is 

 compiled by Mr. John Macoun, M.A., F.R.S.C, who cheerfully 

 acknowledges information and assistance so freely given by quite 

 a host of correspondents throughout the great Dominion. To Miss 

 Marie Stewart fell the somewhat dry work of compiling the useful 

 index, embracing the three parts, while the printing of the whole 

 is well executed by S. E. Dawson, Ottawa, " Printer to the King's 

 Most Excellent Majesty." 



When will the Commonwealth of Australia issue such a useful 

 work of reference, or is such a national duty to be relegated to 

 private enterprise ? 



The Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) 

 in Captivity. 



By (Mrs.) Mary G. Roberts, Hobart. 



Having been asked to write some notes for The Emu on the little 

 Crested Pigeon {Ocyphaps lophotes) and the common Bronze-wing 

 {Phaps chalcoptera) in my aviaries, I sit down to make the attempt, 

 with the hope that I may be able to prove a few interesting facts, 

 to those who, like myself, take great interest in aviculture. The 

 two species have been in adjoining aviaries, only separated by a 

 wire partition ; thus I have had the opportunity of watching 

 closely their nesting operations from the latter part of August until 

 the present time (about six months) ; the work has been to me a 

 source of unlimited pleasure, although I have to record one or two 

 disappointments which have occurred. Referring more particularly 

 to the Crested Pigeons, they were the first, at about the end of 

 August, to show indications of nesting ; and to. those who have not 

 had opportunities of watching them, 1 may say that this species is 

 unmistakably more excitable and nervous than the Bronze-wing, 

 hence greater difficulties present themselves in observing their 



