﻿Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  IVurks. 
  2G9 
  

  

  pliancc 
  with 
  the 
  dpinands 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Ornithological 
  

   Congress 
  of 
  1881 
  for 
  such 
  information. 
  It 
  contains 
  an 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  occurrences 
  of 
  hirds 
  at 
  29 
  Light- 
  Stations, 
  — 
  8 
  on 
  

   the 
  Caspian, 
  1 
  on 
  the 
  White 
  Sea, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  on 
  the 
  

   Black 
  Sea 
  and 
  Sea 
  of 
  Azof. 
  In 
  the 
  systematic 
  part 
  113 
  

   hirds 
  are 
  enumerated, 
  hut 
  in 
  many 
  eases 
  the 
  exact 
  species 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  determined. 
  

  

  55. 
  Muckler-Ftrryman's 
  Voyage 
  up 
  the 
  Niger. 
  

  

  [Up 
  the 
  Niger. 
  Narrative 
  of 
  Major 
  Claude 
  ]\Iacdonalcl's 
  Mission 
  to 
  

   the 
  Niger 
  and 
  lionno 
  Rivers, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  By 
  Captain 
  A. 
  F. 
  Mockler- 
  

   Ferryman, 
  F.K.U.S., 
  F.Z.S. 
  To 
  which 
  is 
  added 
  a 
  chapter 
  ou 
  Native 
  

   Musical 
  Instruments, 
  by 
  Captain 
  C. 
  R. 
  Day. 
  8vo. 
  London 
  : 
  1S92.] 
  

  

  Hicrc 
  are 
  several 
  allusions 
  to 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  Capt. 
  

   Mocklcr-Fcrryman's 
  narrative 
  of 
  Major 
  Macdonald's 
  expe- 
  

   dition, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Appendix 
  (p. 
  310) 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  

   33 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  of 
  which 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  

   Niger 
  and 
  Bonne. 
  The 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  furnished 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Sharpe, 
  and 
  examples 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  

   deposited 
  in 
  tlie 
  National 
  Collection. 
  We 
  may 
  mention 
  that 
  

   " 
  Agdydipna" 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  is 
  a 
  misprint 
  for 
  Hedydipna. 
  

  

  56. 
  North 
  on 
  tlte 
  Nesting 
  o/ 
  Manucodia. 
  

  

  [Note 
  on 
  the 
  Nidification 
  of 
  Mamicodia 
  comrii, 
  Sclatcr. 
  By 
  A. 
  J. 
  

   North. 
  Rec. 
  Austral. 
  Mus. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  32.] 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  H. 
  Riekard 
  io\n\({ 
  Manucodia 
  coniriihvcciWw^ 
  

   on 
  Fergusson 
  Island, 
  S.E. 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  in 
  July 
  1891. 
  The 
  

   nest 
  was 
  a 
  loosely-made, 
  open 
  structure, 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  bread- 
  

   fruit 
  tree, 
  20 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  egg 
  (which 
  is 
  

   figured 
  on 
  a 
  cohmred 
  plate) 
  is 
  elongate 
  ovoid 
  in 
  form, 
  of 
  a 
  

   warm 
  isabelline 
  ground-colour, 
  with 
  purplisii 
  dots, 
  blotches, 
  

   and 
  streaks, 
  and 
  measures 
  1*G5 
  by 
  1*13 
  inch. 
  

  

  57. 
  North 
  on 
  Additions 
  to 
  tlte 
  Tasmanian 
  Avifauna. 
  

  

  [Additions 
  to 
  tlie 
  Avifaunas 
  of 
  Tasmania 
  and 
  Norfolk 
  and 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  

   lauds. 
  By 
  A. 
  J. 
  North. 
  Rec. 
  Austral. 
  Mus. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  30.] 
  

  

  Amongst 
  the 
  rare 
  grallatorial 
  and 
  natatorial 
  birds 
  that 
  

  

  