THE ZOOLOGIST—NovEMBER, 1875. 4677 
bordering the lake. Saw at M. Jacques Revon’s, the well-known 
naturalist, some splendidly prepared specimens, particularly of 
eagles and other Raptores; and there is a whitewinged black tern 
so life-like that it appears to be taking wing. The studio of 
this gentleman is very attractive, and the walls are hung with 
exquisitely finished paintings by his sister; one—a portrait of 
Pius IX., lately sat for—is a perfect masterpiece. I also visited 
the Museum, but no catalogue could be obtained, the objects 
having but recently been brought together. Though the collection 
of birds is not a large one, they are, for the most part, well set up 
and in a good state of preservation. The Euphema taitianus, 
which is about five inches in length, is a remarkable looking 
parrakeet, being almost black, except on the cheeks and neck, 
which are white; the bill is reddish yellow; tarsus very short. 
The Strigops Habroptilus is a very large parrot, some eighteen 
inches in length; the general plumage green, dark on the back, 
but light beneath, tinged with yellow; tail faintly barred with 
black. There are interesting specimens of the nutcracker in 
immature plumage; the adult in its summer dress and in 
winter plumage; and of the tarsus and another bone of the 
solitaire. 
The Museum of Berne was closed, and this quaint notice posted 
on the door, “It is vain ringing; it will not be answered.” Why 
it was closed I could not ascertain. 
I was more fortunate at Milan, where an hour or two was passed 
in the Museum, and the following are a few of the birds and eggs 
noticed :—Athene noctua, both male and female, and nest, with 
five roundish eggs, slightly speckled with grayish brown; the 
adult birds reddish brown, streaked with white on the back; the 
young gray and white. Oriole and nest, with four young of a 
grayish brown colour, tinged with yellow. Nest of Ortyx cali- 
fornica, with sixteen white eggs, spotted and blotched with 
reddish brown. Sylvia cinerea; nest in the midst of corn, 
containing five grayish white eggs. Calamoherpe arundinacea ; 
nest with four young, attached to reeds about eighteen inches 
from the ground. Eggs of Pernis apivorus, white, blotched all 
over with greenish brown. Falco cenchris; eggs yellowish white, 
blotched and speckled with reddish brown. Falco Tinnunculus ; 
two eggs of a yellowish white ground colour, wellnigh covered 
with dark brown markings. Falco Milvus; eggs white, with a 
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