216 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



57. Heywood's ' Field Naturalist.' 



[The Field-Naturalist and Scientific Student, a Medium of Intercom- 

 munication. No. 7. December 1882. Manchester : Abel Heywood 

 and Son.] 



This new popular magaziue o£ natural history contains 

 occasionally articles on birds and bird-life. In the present 

 number Mr. C. Oxendale gives an account of a "Lancashire 

 GuUery/' 



58. Hoffman on Birds observed at Ft. Berthold, D. T. 



[List of Birds observed at Ft. Berthold, D. T., during the Month of 

 September 1881. By W. J. Hoffman, M.D. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, 

 xxi. p. 397.] 



Fort Berthold is an Indian village in Dakota^ on the Mis- 

 sourij about ninety-five miles above Bismark. Dr. Hoff- 

 man was was studying the Indian tribes there in September 

 1881j but found time to record his observations on 40 species 

 of birds, of which he gives a list, with notes. Neocorys 

 spraguei was '' rather abundant during the earlier portion of 

 the month .^^ 



59. ETuet on Birds bred in 1881 in the Jar din des Plantes, 

 Paris. 



[Note sur les Naissances d'Oiseaux obtenues en 1881 a la Menagerie du 

 Museum d'histoire Naturelle. Par M. Huet. Bull. Soc. d'Acclim. 

 France, 1882, p. 3-52.] 



Amongst the birds which bred in the Jardin des Plantes 

 in 1881 we find mentioned Perdioe fusca of Senegal [Ptilo- 

 pachys fuscust), and Cygnus buccinator, besides other inter- 

 esting species. 



60. Liitleboy on the Birds of Hertfordshire. 



[Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the Year 1881. By 

 John E. Littleboy. Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. ii. p. 83.] 



Mr. Littleboy chronicles the additions made to the list of 

 Hertfordshire birds in 1881, thirteen in all. Orioliis galbula 

 nested near Ware in June of that year ; and a specimen of 



