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mention may be made of Scops sibutuensis, a second specimen ot 

 S. lucicB, Ninox ochracea, from Tonkean in Celebes (very rare), 

 and N. spilonotus, from the Philippines, described and presented 

 by Mr. D. Worcester. 



The series of Owls closes with Photodilus. There are alto- 

 gether 197 species in the Norwich Museum, and of diurnal birds 

 of prey there are 404 out of a possible 472, leaving 68 to be pro- 

 cured, for which the Museum Committee appeals to travellers and 

 naturalists who are inclined to help in this direction. Desiderata 

 lists in both groups may be had on application. 



In several of the Cases are placed printed cards showing the 

 geographical distribution by means of small maps of the world, 

 with the inhabited area coloured red, most instructive to those 

 who wish to know to what part of the earth's surface any given 

 genus belongs. The Short-eared Owl, for instance, is shown to 

 be almost cosmopolitan, except in the Australian region; while 

 the Great Harpy Eagle is only found in Central America, and in 

 the northern portion of South America. 



Exotic Birds. — Apart from the series of rapacious birds, the 

 foreign collection is not very extensive, and will at present hardly 

 bear comparison with the series in other large Museums ; but 

 nevertheless Mr. Southwell profitably devotes thirty-eight pages 

 of ' The Guide ' to this section, illustrating his remarks with 

 portraits of the Bower Bird, Flamingo, and Apteryx. The sixth 

 order, the Psittaci, seems to be the best represented of any, viz, 

 by six of the "Kakapo," or Owl Parrot of New Zealand (Stringops 

 habroptilus) , in one case, presented by Mr. Haldinstein, and three 

 of the sheep-killing Kea, Nestor notabilis (about to partake of a 

 dead lamb) in another — a cleverly mounted group. But most of 

 all worth looking at is the modest little shade, beneath which is 

 the extinct Phillip Island Parrot, N. productus, whose range at no 

 time extended beyond this one little Australasian island, said to 

 be but five miles in circumference. There are few narratives in 

 the early volumes of ' The Zoologist' more curious than that of 

 the man who shot the last Nestor productus on Phillip Island 

 (Zool. 1854, p. 4298), communicated to my father in a letter from 

 Mr. Strange, of Sydney. 



In 1892 a notable donation of eighty-six bird-skins, referable 

 to fifty-nine species, collected during the exploring expedition 

 of H. M. S. * Challenger,' principally from Kerguelen Island, 



