15 i Recentlij published Ornitholoyical Works. 
Cuckoo killed by striking the lantern of the Skulmartin 
Lightship on the 26th of November, 1900 — the latest date on 
record, we believe. So little is known about the Great and 
Sooty Shearwaters on our coasts that we welcome Mr. Ussher^s 
paper on the frequency and abundance of these birds off the 
coasts of Kerry^ Cork, and Waterford ; the information 
being mainly derived from the experiences of Mr. H. Becher, 
who has, by the way, contributed some valuable notes 
respecting the autumn of 1901 to ' The Field, ^ and has sent 
some much-desired specimens to the Dublin Museum. Similar 
examples would be much appreciated at the Natural History 
Museum, South Kensington. — H. S. 
19. Le Souef on the Eggs o/ Pitta iris. 
[Description of Eggs of the Rainbow-Pitta, Fitta iris. By D. Le 
Souef, C.M.Z.S. Yict. Nat. xviii. p. 157.] 
Mr. Le Sonef gives us an account of the nest and eggs of 
Pitta iris, taken on the Daly Biver, N.W. Australia, on the 
24th of December, 1900. Mr. Campbell (' Nests and Eggs 
of Australian Birds,-' p. 529) has mentioned them as " un- 
described.^' 
20. Le Souef on the Water-Birds of Riverina. 
[Among the Waterfowl in Riverina, By D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S. Vict. 
Nat. xviii. pp. 1-7.] 
Mr. Le Souef read before the Field-Naturalist Club of 
Victoria in February last year an account of his visit to the 
swamps of the Riverina district of New South Wales in 
the preceding December. The most interesting object 
noticed was a mixed breeding-colony of Cormorants, Herons, 
Spoonbills, and Ibises, with a single nest of the VS'^edge- 
tailed Eagle. Other birds were also met with. 
21. Martorelli on new Cases of Hybridism in Birds. 
[Due nuovi casi d'Ibridismo negli UccelH. Nota Ornitologica del 
socio Prof. Giacinto Martorelli. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. xl, pp. 1-23. J 
Prof. Martorelli describes and figures two supposed 
