532 Recently imblished Ornithological Works. 



Aviculture. Mr. R. Phillipps gives us '' Further Notes on 

 the Regent Bird," with a description of the "playground," 

 " nuptial bower," nest and eggs, as well as an account of 

 nestlings hatched in confinement : Dr. Bahr writes on the 

 birds he kept in the Fiji Islands and furnishes a coloured 

 plate of the Finch Erythrurapealei, besides notes on Calliptilus 

 solitarius and Pijrrhulopsis taviuensis, which he tells us are 

 three species which have never before been brought alive 

 to England. ]\Ir. H. D. Astley, in describing bird-catching 

 by the " roccolo " in Italy, descants upon the cruelty of 

 the natives ; Mr. H. Wormald writes of rearing the Red 

 Grouse in captivity, and notes as points of interest the bird's 

 " display " and the food it will eat. Messrs. Horsbrugh and 

 St. Quintin have a joint paper on the Secretary-Bird ; 

 Mr. C. B. Smith one on the " display" of Ceriornis satijra ; 

 and Mr. E. J. Brook another on Hunstein's Bird of Para- 

 dise, with a coloured plate. 



Hybrids are the subject of papers by Mr. A. Silver (Finches, 

 with coloured plate of a Brambling and Chaffinch cross), Mr. 

 R, Cosgrave {S Canadian and ? Wattled Crane), Mr. W. 

 A. Harding (Swainson's and Red-collared Parrakeets), and 

 Mr. J. L. Bonliote (those exhibited at the London Cage- 

 Birds Show), while we may add that the exhibits at other 

 Siiows are duly chronicled. 



Travel is represented by Mr. Newman's Notes from N.W. 

 Africa, and Mr. Staples-Browne's Diary of Birds seen on the 

 White Nile. Aviary-notes are plentiful, and we may call 

 attention to those of Mr. Dodsworth on the Wedge-tailed 

 Green Pigeon (col. pi.), Mr. C. B. Ticehurst on the Storm- 

 Petrel and INIr. G. H. Gurney on G utter a pucker ani, though 

 there are many others of almost equal interest ; while the 

 periodical accounts of the species in the Zoological Gardens, 

 by Mr. Seth-Smith, are of great value, as enabling us to keep 

 in touch with the doings of the Society, and its latest 

 acquisitions. 



The section on practical bird-keeping treats of How to 

 breed Birds (Bonhote), of Tanagers (Townsend), Parrots 

 (Astley), Quails (Seth-Smith), Touracos, Bower-birds and 



