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Nectarinia johnstoni ou Mount Kenia (see Bull. B. O. C. 

 1893, no. xii. p. ix). 



Marhled Duck in Bavaria. — At the meeting of the " Verein 

 fiir Naturwissenschaft ■'^ in Brunswick on March 1st this year 

 {v. Braunschw. Tagebl. 14. 3. 94) Dr. R. Blasius exhibited 

 two specimens of the Marbled Duck [Marmoronetta marmo- 

 rata) that had been obtained on the Lech, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Munich, in April 1893. This was the first recorded 

 occurrence of this southern Duck in Germany. We may 

 remark that a number of examples of this species have 

 recently been received alive from Spain by Lord Lilford, so 

 that it may now possibly occur somewhere in Great Britain. 



Pelecanus crispus in Italy. — Dr. Giglioli writes (Florence, 

 May 13th) that about a month previously he had received 

 from Baron Barraco of Cotrone, Calabria, a splendid specimen 

 oi Pelecanus C7ns2ms in the flesh. It had been caught on 

 the beach there. This was the fourth Italian specimen of 

 this Pelican that he had obtained. 



Tinamous as Food. — Tinaraous of three species have lately 

 made their appearance in the London game-market {Rhyn- 

 cJiotis rufescens, Nothura maculosa, and Calodromas elegans) . 

 They are imported frozen from Argentina along with the 

 meat, and are sold as '' Yankee Partridges " ! The Rhyn- 

 chotis (as we can testify from personal experience) is a very 

 good table-bird, with clean white pectoral muscles. 



New Monograph of the Cranes. — Mr. F. E. Blaauw has in 

 preparation an illustrated Monograph of the Cranes, for 

 which 22 plates have been drawn by Mr. Keulemans, mostly 

 from original sketches made by the well-known German 

 artist Leuteman. These were taken from the Cranes 

 living in the Zoological Garden of Amsterdam, where the 

 late Director Westerman always paid special attention to this 

 family of birds, and maintained a nearly perfect series. The 

 work will be published by Brill in Leyden, and Porter iu 

 London, and will be folio in size. 



