342 stray Feathers. [JXr\\ 



The eggs are three. Ground colour white, with a zone of red, 

 irregular-shaped spots round the larger end, and these spots also 

 sparingly distributed over the rest of the surface. Dimensions — 

 16.5 X II mm. 



This clutch also contained the egg of Chalcococcyx minutillus, 

 which is a lighter colour than the eggs of C. plagosus. The 

 measurements are 19 x 12 mm. — Gregory M. Mathews. Wat- 

 ford, England. 3/2/11. 



From Magazines^ &c. 



The Outer's Book for January, 1911, contains, among articles of 

 interest to sporting readers, a pleasantly written account of a 

 camp-out at Clam Lakes, a charming locality in the United States, 

 where nature is still wild and free. 



Journal of the New York Zoological Society. — We are 

 glad to see that the New York Zoological Society is bringing out 

 a most useful publication, entitled Zoologica, and it is to be heartily 

 congratulated on the work. The whole " get-up " of the journal 

 is excellent, and it deserves all prosperity. The articles by Mr. 

 C. W. Beebe, both on the habits of the Hoatzin and on the tail 

 feathers of the Motmot, are of much interest, as well as the field 

 notes of the birds he found in North-Eastern Venezuela, and the 

 photographs with which each article is illustrated are of value. 



The Philippine Birds. — The first and second parts of the 

 " Manual of Philippine Birds," by Richard C. MacGregor, 

 published by the Bureau of Science, Manilla, have lately been 

 issued. The birds mentioned in part i. that are found in 

 Australia are Cisticola exilis and Hirundo Javani'ca. The two 

 numbers deal with 739 birds, fully described, 360 birds being 

 mentioned in part ii. The numbers are well indexed, both with 

 vernacular as well as scientific names. The books are of great 

 value to ornithologists, and the Bureau of Science is to be 

 congratulated on bringing out this important work. 



New Australian Birds. — The Bulletin of the B.O.C., No. clxiii., 

 mentions that Mr. G. M. Mathews exhibited a new sub-species of 

 Tree-creeper which had been collected by Mr. Tom Carter, who 

 proposed to describe it as follows : — CUmacteris obscura. — Differs 

 from typical examples of C. nifa, Gould, in being very much 

 darker in colour, both above and below. The bill is longer and 

 more curved, and the measurement of the wing is less, being 

 86 mm. In an example of C. nifa from Broome Hill the wing 

 measures 93 mm. Habitat. — Warren River, South- West Australia. 



