284 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



former existence of the Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) in 

 Hungary, as proved by tradition and proverbs. We quite 

 agree with Heir Herman in considering the restoration or" 

 this bird to the European Fauna to be one of the most 

 remarkable feats of recent ornithological work, and we shall 

 be ever grateful to Messrs. Rothschild, Hartert, and Klein- 

 schmidt for their researches. Herr Csorgey's account of 

 his observations on bird-life during his winter residence at 

 Spalato is also of much interest. Other contributions to 

 this volume of ' Aquila' are well worthy of notice. 



30. Arbel on the " Alethe." 



[Note sur V Alethe. Par M. le Dr. Arbel. Bull. Mus. d'llist. Nat. 

 i. p. 15 (1903).] 



The author discourses on the " Aletl/e" or Aleph — a Bird - 

 of-Prcy imported from America and used in Falconry in the 

 17th Century. The available information on the subject is 

 rather obscure, but the "Alethe" is supposed to have been 

 the Harjiagns bidentatus of South America. 



31. ' Avicultural Magazine.' 



[Avicultural Magazine. The Journal of the Avicultural Society. New 

 Series. Vol. I. No. 12; II. Nos. 1-3. 8vo. 1903-94. Price Is. 6rf. 

 per number.] 



These numbers are chiefly remarkable for a series of 

 articles on the breeding of certain birds in captivity. The 

 species in question are Mesia argentauris treated by Mr. R. 

 Phillipps (coloured and plain plate) ; Anthropo'ides virgo, 

 Pavoncella pugnax, and Ampelis garrulus by Mr. W. H. 

 St. Quintin ; Leptoptila jamaicensis by Miss R. Aldcrson 

 (pi.) ; and Polytelis melanura by Mrs. Johnstone. 



In addition to these papers Capt. Horsbrugh writes on birds 

 observed in the Western Transvaal, Mr. W. H. Workman on 

 those of Algeria, and the Rev. E. L. Blathwayt those in- 

 habiting the lochs of West Sutherland. Dr. A. G. Butler 

 discusses Paroaria capitata and P. cervicalis, the fact of 

 Doves feeding on insects and worms, and the attempts to 

 breed Tympanistria; Mr. R. Humphrys gives a coloured plate, 



