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ZOOLOGICAL LITEHATUllE. 
The series of figures for the past year represents : — 
Perdix rubra 
grseca ; 
Qallinula bailloni . . 
crex 
Qlaroola pratincola 
Oharadrius minor . . , 
Anas clypeata . . . , , 
Fuligula cristata . . 
Oharadrius hiaticula 
pi. 
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1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Oharadrius cantianus .... 
Otis tetrax 
Anser leucopsis 
Anas clangula 
Fuligula marila 
Heads of Tctrao urogalliis, 
T. tctrix, T. bonasia, T. 
scoticus, T. saliceti/and 
T. lagopus 
pi. 10 
n 17 
n 18 
„ 10 
n 20 
21 
As before (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 76), Ijiere is no letterpress to these 
plates. 
Catharks calif ornianuSf tlio nestling figured [from apparently an older ex- 
ample than that represented. Ibis, 1800, pi. ix.]. S. F. Baird, P. Z. S. 1808, 
pp. 182, 183. 
Menura superba, the nestling dfescribed. E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 18G8, 
p. 61. 
M. victorice, the nestling described. J. Gould, tom. cit. p. 53. 
Rhynchotis rufescens, the chick (which much resembles that of JRhea ame- 
ricana) described and figured (c/. Zool. Record, iv. p. 117). A. I). Bartlett, 
P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 114, 116, pi. xii. 
OOLOGY AND NIDIFICATION. 
Argyll [George John Douglas Campbell], Duke of. On Mr. 
Wallace's Theory of Bii*ds^ Nests. Journ. Travel and Nat. 
Hist. 1868, pp. 276-287. 
We give below a very full abstract of Mr. Wallace's paper, on 
account of the novelty of the ideas it contains, and regret we 
cannot enter at the same length upon his opponent’s views, which 
are very ably stated. The Duke of Argyll contends that the nest- 
building instinct is equally innate with the structure, habits, and 
intelligence of birds, and that all are strictly correlated together. 
Citing his instances in refutation of Mr. Wallace’s theory (founded 
as that is on long personal observation of the most gorgeous 
of tropical birds) from the comparatively dully-coloured birds of 
the British Islands, the Duke lies under some disadvantage; but , 
he certainly points out an omission in the theory when he sug- 
gests that one great object and use of some domed nests, and also 
of many nests being made in holes, is simply the better conserva- 
tion of animal heat. 
Bartlett, A. D. Notes on the Breeding of several Species of 
Birds in the Society’s Gardens during the year 1867, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1868, pp. 114-116, pi. xii. 
Twenty-four species are mentioned as having bred for the first 
time, the most remarkable of them having been IViynchotis ru- 
fescens [cf. Zool. Record, iv. p. 117) and Euryp 2 jga helias. Tthi- 
nochetus jubatus also laid an egg in 1868. The young of the first 
mentioned, and the eggs of all three, are figured — the latter unfor- 
tunately not so as to give any precise idea of their appearance. 
