Recenthj jmbVishtd Ornithological Works. 473 



By E. C. Stirliug, M.D., F.R.S. and A. II. C. Zietz, F.L.S. Trans. R. 

 Soc. S. Australia, xx. p. 171.] 



We have already given an account of the main results 

 arrived at by the authors of this preliminary memoir (see 

 'Ibis/ 1897, p. 135). Since then Dr. Stirling has paid us a 

 visit in this country, and has exhibited some most interesting 

 specimens of the remains of Genyornis at a Meeting of the 

 Zoological Society (see P. Z. S. 1897, p. 266). A set of these 

 bones are now deposited in the British Museum. 



89. Tegetmeier on Pheasants. 



[Pheasants : their Natural History and Practical Management. By 

 W. B. Tegetmeier. Third edition, enlarged. Illustrated from life by 

 Messrs. J. G. Millais, T. W. Wood, P. Smit, and F. W. Frohawk, &c. 

 8vo. London : Horace Cox, 1897.] 



The success of Mr. Tegetmeier's little volume on Pheasants 

 and their management is sufficiently evident from a third 

 edition having been called for. The first portion of this 

 work is of a practical nature, and after a chapter on the 

 natural history of Pheasants, their habits, food, structure, 

 introduction, and distribution, gives full particulars as to 

 their management in preserves and in confinement. Excellent 

 instructions, derived from the best authorities, are added 

 concerning breeding Pheasants, and especially as to the mode 

 of treatment of the young birds. 



The second portion of the treatise gives an account of the 

 species of Pheasants most adapted for the covert and for 

 the aviary. In the former category, besides the Common 

 Pheasant of Western Europe, Mr. Tegetmeier includes 

 Phasianus jjrincipalis of Afghanistan, P. torquatus of China, 

 P. versicolor and P. soemmerringi of Japan, and P. reevesi of 

 Mantchuria. Excellent illustrations are given of all these 

 species. Six Pheasants are described as specially adapted for 

 the aviary, and figured in an equally correct style, and we 

 believe that the number of this list might have been further 

 extended if necessary. 



We can sincerely commend ' Pheasants : their Natural 

 History and Practical Management,' to all students and 

 admirers of these splendid birds. 



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