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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  on 
  '^ 
  odd-coloured 
  e^gs/^ 
  and 
  (12) 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Campbell 
  

   on 
  " 
  Australian 
  Oology/^ 
  Mr. 
  Campbell 
  gives 
  illustrations 
  

   of 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  Memira 
  victoriee 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  breeding-colony 
  

   of 
  Anous 
  stolidus 
  from 
  photographs. 
  (13) 
  Dr. 
  Giglioli^s 
  

   introductory 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  birds 
  (" 
  Avi- 
  

   geografia") 
  follows 
  next. 
  Dr. 
  Giglioli 
  wishes 
  to 
  add 
  

   two 
  " 
  Polar 
  " 
  Regions 
  to 
  the 
  six 
  of 
  Sclater 
  and 
  Wallace 
  

   usually 
  adopted, 
  and 
  thus 
  makes 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  primary 
  

   zoological 
  regions 
  eight. 
  (14) 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Cordcaux 
  gives 
  a 
  

   disquisition 
  on 
  the 
  migration 
  of 
  birds 
  — 
  a 
  subject 
  on 
  which 
  

   lie 
  is 
  no 
  mean 
  authority. 
  (15) 
  Ilecr 
  J. 
  Buttikofcr 
  of 
  Leyden 
  

   treats 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  migrants 
  that 
  ho 
  has 
  found 
  in 
  Liberia. 
  

   Twenty-three 
  of 
  our 
  familiar 
  species 
  occur 
  there 
  during 
  the 
  

   winter 
  season. 
  (IG) 
  INI. 
  le 
  Baron 
  Edm. 
  de 
  Selys-Longchamps 
  

   writes 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Loxia 
  bifasciata, 
  Garrulus 
  glan- 
  

   darius, 
  and 
  PfO'iifi 
  p/eskii 
  in 
  Belgium. 
  (17) 
  Our 
  friend 
  Hans, 
  

   Ereiherr 
  v. 
  Berlepsch, 
  makes 
  an 
  energetic 
  protest 
  against 
  the 
  

   destruction 
  of 
  small 
  birds 
  in 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  *. 
  The 
  chief 
  

   sinners 
  are 
  the 
  Italians, 
  who 
  carry 
  on 
  a 
  regular 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  

   capture 
  of 
  small 
  birds 
  for 
  the 
  market 
  on 
  an 
  enormous 
  scale. 
  

   During 
  the 
  September 
  migration 
  more 
  than 
  2000 
  birds 
  are 
  

   caught 
  every 
  morning 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  establishments 
  (between 
  

   Lago 
  Maggiore 
  and 
  Lago 
  Lugano) 
  w4iich 
  are 
  elaborately 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  number 
  of 
  songsters 
  

   destroyed 
  every 
  year 
  must 
  amount 
  to 
  millions. 
  Under 
  these 
  

   circumstances, 
  who 
  can 
  wonder 
  that 
  our 
  migratory 
  birds 
  are 
  

   groAving 
  scarce 
  in 
  Northern 
  Europe 
  ? 
  The 
  Ereiherr 
  suggests 
  

   that 
  all 
  bird-catching 
  by 
  nets 
  and 
  all 
  sale 
  of 
  singing-birds 
  for 
  

   food 
  shall 
  be 
  ])rohibited 
  by 
  law 
  in 
  Italy 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  fear 
  there 
  is 
  

   little 
  chance 
  of 
  these 
  proposals 
  being 
  carried 
  out. 
  (18) 
  The 
  

   next 
  essay 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  poultry- 
  

   trade 
  in 
  Hungary, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  v. 
  Rodiczky, 
  which 
  we 
  need 
  not 
  

   enlarge 
  i;pon. 
  Then 
  follow 
  (19 
  and 
  20) 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   excursions 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Orni- 
  

   thological 
  Congress 
  to 
  the 
  Neusiedler-See 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  Schaeff, 
  

   and 
  to 
  the 
  Little 
  Balaton-See 
  by 
  V. 
  R. 
  v. 
  Tsehusi-Schmid- 
  

  

  * 
  " 
  Die 
  Vernichtung 
  uuserer 
  Vogel 
  im 
  Siideu 
  luid 
  die 
  daraus 
  resultironde 
  

   Schadeu,'' 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  179. 
  

  

  