226 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



at Schonbrunn ; but the series of letters recording his progress, 

 which he has addressed to the Editor of the periodical we have 

 named, contains some interesting facts relating to the private 

 life of several rare European birds — Accipitres, Gi'allce., and 

 Anseres. The abundance of some of these species is shown by 

 his captures. In the mountains of Fruska-Gora he obtained, 

 among other live birds, nine Imperial Eagles {Aquila mogilnik), 

 and seven Lanners {Falco lanarius), besides, one Saker {F. sacer). 

 Midway between Tultscha and Ismail he found a large breeding- 

 place of various Herons, including Arclea garzetta and A. cornata, 

 with Falcinellus igneus and Carbo pygmoius. The "pearl of the 

 swamp-birds," Ardea egretta, is not so sociable as its allies, and 

 breeds far in the marshes, where the reeds are thickest and high- 

 est; nevertheless Herr Zelebor obtained seventeen examples of 

 it, all in the fullest beauty. The Mute Swan [Cygnus olor) 

 appears to breed here also, and he procured ten Cygnets in their 

 downy plumage. A more scientific account of his spoils will be 

 found in the ' Journal fiir Ornithologie ' for last year (pp. 69-74), 

 from the pen of Herr A. von Pelzeln. Surely his success 

 should tempt some member of the B. O. U. to visit a country 

 so interesting, so accessible, and so little known to ornitho- 

 logists ! 



5. Danish. 



We have received from Herr Fischer, of Copenhagen, copies 

 of two short papers which he has published on the breeding of 

 the Nutcracker {Nucifraga caryocatactes)^. As that gentleman, 

 however, with the greatest liberality has also entrusted us with the 

 nest and four specimens of this bird's eggs, we have thought it 

 due to his courtesy to exhibit them at a meeting of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. They were taken on the 23rd of March, 1864, 

 on the island of Bornholm — the same locality whence the nest 

 and nestling formerly exhibited to the Zoological Society (P. Z. S. 

 1862, p. 206) were obtained. The account which our friend 



* Yderligere Bidrag til Noddekrigens Ynglehistorie. Ved J. C. H. 

 Fischer. Kroyers Tidsskrift, 3. R. 2. B. 1S63. 



iEgget af Noddekrigeu {Caryocatactes guttatus). Ved J. C. H. Fischer. 

 Kroyers Tidsskrift, 3. R. 3. B. 1864. 



