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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  39. 
  Regalia 
  on 
  the 
  Claws 
  and 
  Spurs 
  of 
  the 
  Bird's-hand. 
  

  

  [Su 
  le 
  Ungliie 
  e 
  gli 
  Sproni 
  della 
  Mano 
  ornitica. 
  Da 
  Ettore 
  Regalia. 
  

   Monitore 
  Zool. 
  Ital. 
  iii. 
  do. 
  1-2, 
  1892.] 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  essay 
  the 
  author 
  commences 
  by 
  reviewing 
  the 
  

   literature 
  on 
  the 
  claws 
  and 
  spurs 
  of 
  the 
  bird's-hand 
  at 
  some 
  

   length, 
  especially 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  

   published 
  in 
  this 
  Journal 
  for 
  1886 
  (pp. 
  147, 
  300), 
  and 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Jeffries's 
  memoir 
  which 
  is 
  there 
  quoted. 
  Dr. 
  Regalia 
  

   then 
  gives 
  us 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  researches 
  on 
  this 
  

   subject^ 
  under 
  the 
  usual 
  three 
  heads: 
  (I.) 
  Species 
  with 
  a 
  

   claw 
  on 
  the 
  pollex 
  only 
  ; 
  (II.) 
  Species 
  with 
  a 
  claw 
  on 
  the 
  

   index 
  only 
  ; 
  (III.) 
  Species 
  with 
  a 
  claw 
  on 
  both 
  the 
  pollex 
  

   and 
  index. 
  Of 
  the 
  first 
  he 
  gives 
  35 
  examples 
  among 
  Italian 
  

   birds, 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  1, 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  27 
  examples, 
  adding 
  ex- 
  

   planatory 
  notes 
  in 
  many 
  cases. 
  Thus 
  Dr. 
  Regalia 
  claims 
  to 
  

   have 
  added 
  27 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  category, 
  amongst 
  which 
  

   are 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Orders 
  Striges, 
  Odontoglossae, 
  Limicolae, 
  

   and 
  Gavise. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  thankful 
  to 
  the 
  author 
  for 
  what 
  he 
  has 
  done, 
  but 
  

   consider 
  the 
  subject 
  worthy 
  of 
  further 
  investigations 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  whole 
  Class 
  of 
  Birds, 
  and 
  likely 
  to 
  yield 
  useful 
  results. 
  

   The 
  necessary 
  examination 
  can, 
  however, 
  be 
  properly 
  made 
  

   only 
  in 
  fresh 
  birds 
  or 
  in 
  those 
  preserved 
  in 
  spirit. 
  

  

  40. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Ornithological 
  Congress 
  at 
  

  

  Budapest. 
  

  

  [Zweiter 
  internationaler 
  ornithologischer 
  Cougress. 
  Ilauptbeiiclit 
  ii. 
  

   WisseiMchaftliclier 
  Teil. 
  Mit 
  zwei 
  Tafeln. 
  Budapest 
  : 
  1892. 
  1 
  vol. 
  4to.] 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  official 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  proceedings 
  

   of 
  the 
  International 
  Ornithological 
  Congress 
  held 
  at 
  Budapest 
  

   in 
  May 
  1891. 
  It 
  contains 
  two 
  addresses 
  and 
  21 
  memoirs, 
  

   mostly 
  by 
  well-known 
  ornithologists, 
  upon 
  different 
  branches 
  

   of 
  our 
  subject. 
  Major 
  A. 
  v. 
  Homeyer's 
  address 
  gives 
  an 
  

   account 
  of 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  Pungo 
  Andongo 
  in 
  Angola 
  in 
  1875, 
  

   with 
  field-notes 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  observed 
  during 
  the 
  excursion. 
  

   Prof. 
  CoUett 
  discourses 
  on 
  the 
  Bird-Hfe 
  of 
  Arctic 
  Norway 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  notice 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Regalia's 
  previous 
  paper, 
  Ibis, 
  1889, 
  p. 
  124. 
  

  

  