162 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



V. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 1. ' The AvicuUurol Magazine.' 



[TheAvicultural Magazine. Third Series. Vol. i. Nos, 10-12 (August- 

 October, 1010).] 



The most interesting paper to the readers of ' The Ibis ' 

 in these three numbers will probably be that on the Cock of 

 the Rock (col. pi.) by Mr. W. Frost, who narrates the bird's 

 habits as observed in Guiana, and his experiences in netting it. 

 Mr. Seth-Smith describes the successful termination of his 

 visit to Australia on behalf of the Zoological Society^ with 

 details of a couple of short trips in Tasmania ; Mr. Bonhote 

 concludes his notes on the age of birds in confinement, 

 mentioning several that had lived with him for over ten years ; 

 while Mr. Finn once more furnishes interesting '' Stray 

 Notes " on several Indian species. Besides these, Mr. C. 

 B. Smith has much information to give us on the Sand- 

 Grouse [Pterocles fasciatus and P. exustus), as kept in his 

 aviaries, and on Lagopus rapestris, which has laid eggs there ; 

 Mr. R. Phillips records a further case of successful breed- 

 ing of the Pied Rock-Thrush (Monticola sa.eatilis) ; and 

 Mr. Goodchild finishes his account of his "ornithological 

 rambles." 



Further articles on individual species are written by 

 Messrs. E. J. Brook (a pet Cassowary), W, E. Teschemaker 

 (nesting of Serinus sulphuratus), R. B. Woosnam {Scops 

 erlangeri, pi., and Glaucidium perlatum, pi.), and J. L. Bonhote 

 {Spindalis pretrei, col. pi.). 



The Bird -notes from the Zoological Gardens are of more 

 than ordinary interest, as, besides notices of the breeding of 

 Microlribomjx ventralis and other species, we are presented 

 with a plate of the Hammer-head (Scopus umbretta) and its 

 nest. This nest many of us have seen in the Gardens, and 

 we are now told that the young were successfully hatched. 



2. Benham on the Moa of Stewart Island. 



[The Diiscovery of Moa-llemains on Stewart Islan 

 iuham, F.R.S. Trans. New Zealand Inst. 1909.] 



Tiie discovery of remains of the Moa in Stewart Island is 



[The Diiscovery of Moa-llemains on Stewart Island. By Prof. W. B. 

 Benham, F.R.S. Trans. New Zealand Inst. 1909.] 



