﻿Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  585 
  

  

  Eenewed 
  explorations 
  of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  " 
  Mare 
  aux 
  

   Songes 
  " 
  in 
  Mauritius, 
  carried 
  on 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Theodore 
  Sauzier, 
  ha^e 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  number 
  of 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  Dodo 
  and 
  other 
  birds, 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   Cambridge 
  for 
  determination. 
  The 
  remains 
  previously 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  !Mare 
  aux 
  Songes 
  " 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  

   extinct 
  Parrot, 
  Lophopsittncus 
  mauritianus, 
  of 
  an 
  extinct 
  

   species 
  of 
  Astur, 
  of 
  Ardea 
  yarzetta, 
  Aphanapteryx 
  broecki, 
  

   and 
  Fulica 
  neivtoni. 
  Besides 
  these, 
  bones 
  of 
  a 
  Flamingo 
  

   have 
  also 
  been 
  found 
  (see 
  ' 
  Ibis,^ 
  18GG, 
  p. 
  144j. 
  The 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  now 
  described 
  by 
  Sir 
  E. 
  Newton 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Gadow 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  not 
  only 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  above-named 
  birds, 
  but 
  also 
  

   those 
  of 
  a 
  Finch, 
  an 
  Owl, 
  four 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Heron, 
  a 
  

   Bittern, 
  a 
  Darter, 
  a 
  Gannet, 
  a 
  Goose, 
  a 
  Duck, 
  a 
  Grebe, 
  two 
  

   species 
  of 
  Pigeon 
  (one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  extinct 
  

   Funingus 
  {Alectorcenas) 
  nitidissimus) 
  , 
  a 
  Water-hen, 
  and 
  two 
  

   Petrels. 
  Of 
  these 
  the 
  authors 
  describe 
  and 
  characterize 
  as 
  

   new, 
  Strix 
  sauzieri, 
  Astur 
  aJphonsi, 
  Bvtorides 
  mauritianus 
  ^ 
  

   Plotus 
  nanus, 
  Sarcidiornis 
  mauritianus, 
  and 
  Anas 
  theodori. 
  

   These 
  remains 
  are 
  illustrated 
  by 
  four 
  plates, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   (plate 
  xxx\"i.) 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  first 
  

   correctly 
  restored 
  and 
  properly 
  mounted 
  skeleton 
  " 
  of 
  Didus 
  

   ineptus 
  ever 
  put 
  together. 
  This 
  specimen 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  

   Government 
  of 
  Mauritius. 
  

  

  100. 
  North's 
  Oological 
  Notes 
  on 
  Australian 
  Birds. 
  

  

  [Oological 
  Notes. 
  I. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Nesting-place 
  and 
  Eggs 
  of 
  Halcyon 
  

   sordidus 
  and 
  Cyanorhamphm 
  rayneri. 
  By 
  -^fred 
  J. 
  North, 
  F.L.S. 
  

   Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  S. 
  Wales, 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vii. 
  p. 
  39o.] 
  

  

  The 
  Mangrove 
  Kingfisher 
  of 
  N.W. 
  Australia 
  {Halcyon 
  

   sordidus) 
  was 
  found 
  breeding 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Boyd, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Herbert 
  River, 
  Queensland, 
  on 
  Hinchinbrook 
  Island, 
  in 
  

   October 
  1892. 
  The 
  hole 
  was 
  bored 
  in 
  a 
  termites^ 
  nest, 
  

   placed 
  on 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  30 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ^ound, 
  and 
  

   contained 
  three 
  eggs, 
  white 
  and 
  rounded. 
  Eggs 
  of 
  the 
  Red- 
  

   fronted 
  Parrakeet 
  of 
  Norfolk 
  Island 
  [Cyanorhamphus 
  ray- 
  

   neri) 
  have 
  been 
  recently 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  P. 
  H. 
  Metcalfe 
  ''from 
  

   the 
  hollow 
  spout 
  of 
  a 
  tree.'' 
  They 
  are 
  wliite 
  and 
  oval. 
  

  

  