338 Becently published Ornithohyical Wurks. 



described for the first time. Well-identified eggs of the 

 Cat-bird {yEluroedus viridis) liave now been obtained, former 

 specimens referred to this species having turned out to be 

 non-authentic. The breeding-places of the Australian White 

 Ibis [Tli7'eskwrnis strictipenms) in the Polygonum-bushes in 

 the interior of New South Wales have been visited and their 

 eggs collected. The nests and eggs of ^luroedus viridis and 

 Sphecotheres mawillaris are figured. 



50. Pycraft on Malformations of the Bill in Birds. 



[Notes on some Malformations of the Bill in Birds. By W. F. Pycraft. 

 8vo. Leicester: 1891. Pp. 12. Reprinted from the Trans. Leicester 

 Lit. & Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 8.] 



This is a well-written essay upon a subject which has, as 

 yet, scarcely been treated, except in a desultory way, and is 

 quite worthy of perusal. We cannot, however, agree in the 

 author's objections to the use of the terms " upper and lower 

 mandible " as applied to birds. No doubt they are not quite 

 correct, but they are sanctioned by long usage, very con- 

 venient, and quite unmistakable. 



51. Reiser on the Birds of the Museum of Sarajevo. 



[Die Vogelsammlung des bosnisch-hercegovinischen Landesmuseums 

 in Sarajevo. Enthaltend die wahrend der Jahre 1887-1891 gesammelte 

 Avifauna des Occupations-Gebietes. Bearbeitet von Custos O. Reiser. 

 8vo. Budapest : 1891. Pp. 148.] 



The advance made by Bosnia and Herzegovina since their 

 delivery from the grasp of the Turk is well shown by the 

 Museum of Sarajevo, which, as will be seen by the memoir 

 now before us, already possesses a fine and well-arranged 

 collection of the birds of the ''occupied'^ provinces. The 

 268 species hitherto recorded as having been met with 

 within their limits are represented by 1718 specimens, of 

 which a list, with localities and authorities, is given by Herr 

 Custos Reiser. 



