NOTES AND NEWS. 147 



Aracaris (Pteroglossus inscriptus)* from Brazil, purchased (Parrot House) ; 

 three Yellow-bellied Liothrix {Liothrix luteus) from India, presented by- 

 Robert E. Graves, Esq., F.Z.S. (Western Aviary) ; one Gold Pheasant 

 Thaumalea picta <J), from China, presented by P. C. G. Pollock, Esq., 

 F.Z.S. (Pheasantries) ; one Black-necked Swan (Cygnus nigricollis) from 

 Antarctic America, purchased (Duck Paddocks) ; one Passerine Owl (Glau- 

 cidium passorinum) from Europe, presented by Miss Bloxam (Owls' Cages) ; 

 one Patagonian Conure (Conurus patagonns) from La Plata, purchased 

 (Parrot House) ; one Raven (Corvus corax) from British Isles, presented by 

 Wm. Soper, Esq. (Crows' Cages) ; one Yellow-headed Conure {Conurus 

 endaya) from S.E.Brazil, deposited (Parrot House); one Boobook Owl 

 (Ninox boobook') from Australia, presented by Dr. R. Broom (Eastern 

 Aviary); one Rook (Corvus frugilegus) from British Isles, presented by the 

 Rev. A. Greaves (Crows' Cages) ; one New Zealand Parrakeet (Cyanor- 

 hamphus novoz-zealandiaz) from New Zealand, presented by Miss A. Malcolm 

 (Parrot House) ; one Bare-eyed Cockatoo (Cocatua gymnopls) from S. 

 Australia, presented by Mrs. M. E. Huntley (Parrot House) ; two Ypecaha 

 Rails (Aramides ypecaha), bred in the Menagerie (Emu Paddock) ; one 

 Black-tailed Flower-bird (Anthornis melanura) from New Zealand, presented 

 by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, F.Z.S. (Pairot House) ; two Amaduvade 

 Finches (Estrelda amandava) from India, and one Paradise Whydab-biid 

 ( Vidua paradisea) from West Africa, presented by Miss M. von Laer (West 

 Aviary) ; one Martinique Gallinule (Ionornis martinicus) from S. America, 

 presented by A. W. Arrowsmith, Esq. (West Aviary) ; eight Amherst's 

 Pheasants [Thaumalea amherstiaz), two Himalayan Monauls (Lophophorus 

 impeyanus), and two Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron chinquis), bred in the 

 Managerie (Pheasantries) ; four Arctic Terns (Sterna macrura) from British 

 Isles, presented by Col. Davies Cooke (Fish House) ; one Gentoo Penguin 

 (Pygosceles tozniatus) from Falkland Islands, deposited (Fish House). 



BOOKS, &c. RECEIVED. 



Notes on some species of the families Cypselidx, Caprimulgidai and Podargidx 

 with remarks on sub-specific forms and their nomemclature, by Ernst Hartert. 

 Reprinted from the " Ibis " for July, 1896. With 2 plates. 



Comunicaciones Oologicas. Par el Doctor Carlos Berg, Director del Muses 

 Nacional de Buenos Aires. From the " Anales del Mus. Nac. de Buenos 

 Aires, Tomo v., p. 83 a 38. 



Science Gossip, New Series, No. 27, August, 1896. John T. Carrington, 

 Editor. 



* New to the Collection. 



