578 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



attractive feature. Mr. F. W. Carpenter's paper on An 

 Astronomical Determination of the Heights of Birds during 

 Nocturnal Migration revives a subject started by Mr. W. E. 

 D. Scott a quarter of a century ago and not altogether for- 

 gotten; the trend of the observations being, so far as they 

 have gone at present, that the maximum height recorded is 

 2400 feet at the places mentioned. It must be remembered 

 that migration by night is the subject; in the day-time far 

 greater elevations are attained. Among the General Notes 

 are some additional records of the Ruff in America (p. 98) ; 

 of the Lapwing in Long Island, New York, and also in 

 Newfoundland (p. 2.21) ; and the acquisition of an example 

 of Pelecanus erythrorhynchus at Liverpool Bay in the Arctic 

 Ocean, in lat. 70° N., being 9° beyond the limit hitherto 

 assigned by Mr. Ridgway. The description of a new form 

 of Oceanodroma by Hans Graf von Berlepsch may be noticed ; 

 he distinguishes his 0. monorhis chapmani, of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, from O. monorhis (Swinh.), of the Asiatic side of the 

 Pacific— H. S. 



G2. ' The Avicultural Magazine.' 



[Avicultural Magazine. The Journal of the Avicultural Society. 

 New Series. Vol. iv. Nos. 3-5. Jan.-Mar. 1906.] 



Two articles are particularly noticeable in these numbers, 

 one by Mr. W. Goodfellow on Mrs. Johnstone's Lorikeet 

 (Trichoglossus johnstonice), a species which he discovered in 

 some numbers on the lofty mountains of Mindanao in the 

 Philippines, and another by Mr. R. Phillipps in continuation 

 of his former account of the Regent-Bird in captivity, 

 wherein he describes the successful rearing of two young, 

 though one of them lived only about a month. Very careful 

 observations were made on the habits of the birds and on 

 their change of plumage, and such exact descriptions must 

 always be of exceptional value. 



Mr. A. F. Wiener writes on the respective merits of 

 aviaries and cages, and has called forth a series of letters in 

 reply, while the Secretary invites us all to contribute to the 

 discussion. 



