1 56 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
different species, which he proposes to call C. rothschitdi ; 
of this there is also a young example living in the Zoological 
Garden of Berlin. 
24. Meyer and Heller on the Eggs of ^pyornis. 
[Aepyoruis-Eier von Dr. A. B. Meyer und Dr. K. M. Heller, Abh. u. 
Ber. k. Zool. u. Anthrop.-Ethn. Mus. z. Dresden, Bd. ix. 1900-1.] 
The two fossil eggs of jEpyornis in the Dresden Museum 
are carefully described and figured, and a list, with accurate 
dimensions, is given of all the eggs of the ^pyornithidse 
known to exist in collections. Thirty-three specimens are 
catalogued, with lengths varying from 344*2 to 279 mm. 
They belong probably to several species. 
25. Milligan on new Australian Birds. 
[Description of a new Species of Mirafra (Bush-Lark) from Western 
Australia. By Alex. W. Milligan, Perth. Vict. 'Nat. xviii. p. 25. 
Description of a new Species of Amytis (Grass-bird) from Western 
Australia. By Alex. W. Milligan, Perth. Vict. Nat. xviii. p. 27.] 
The Mirnfra is characterized and named M. woodwardi and 
the Amytis A, gigantura. 
26. North on Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. 
[Nests and Eggs of Birds found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. 
(Second edition of Catalogue No. xii., entirely rewritten with additions.) 
By A. J. North. Part I. 4to. Sydney, 1901.] 
The species here fully discussed and illustrated in the text 
are Corvus coronoides, C. bennetti, Corone australis, Strepera 
graculina^ S. arguta, S. melanoptera, S. cuneicaudata, S. 
plumbea, S. fuliginosa, Struthidea cinerea, Corcorax melano- 
rhamphus, Ptilorhis paradisea, P. victoricBj Craspedophura 
alberti, Phony gama gouldi, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. Some 
of the nests are also figured, and the coloured plate contains 
eggs of Corone australis, Gymnorhina tibicen, G. leuconota, 
Corvus coronoides, Strepera arguta, S. melanojjtera, S. fuli- 
ginosa, S. graculina, and S. cuneicaudata. 
Information of all sorts is given, as is usual in Mr. North^s 
works, while it is noticeable that he, with his opportunities 
