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these birds is deseribed at eonsiderable length, and chiefly from 
Wolley’s observations. 
Newton, Alfred. On the Breeding of the Green Sandpiper, 
Helodromas ochropus. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 ser. xiv. 
pp. 221-224; Zoologist, pp. 9115-9118. (From P. Z. S. 
1863, pp. 529-532.) 
Without adducing any novel facts, the author brings together 
a number of observations, which nearly all agree in showing 
that this species departs from the habits of its congeners and 
usually occupies the old nests of qther birds, either Passeres or 
Colwnh(By thus hatching its eggs at a considerable height from 
the ground. 
Bamsay, E. P. Notes on Birds breeding in the neighbourhood 
of Sydney. Ibis, 1864, pp. 243-245. 
The mode of nidification and the eggs of Ptilotis auricomis 
are described. 
Seidensacher, E. Ueber das Ei des kurzbeinigen Sperbers, 
Astur brevipes s. dussumieri, Falco badius. Verb. Zool.- 
Botan. Gesellsch. Wien, 1864, pp. 14, 15, pi. i. 
Two eggs of this species taken at Smyrna, by Dr. Kriiper, 
from a nest of four, were sent to the author, from whose descrip- 
tion and figure it would appear that they pretty well resemble 
those of other species of the genus Accipiter. 
Casuarius kaupi from New Guinea. The eggs are stated to 
resemble those of C. galeatus from Ceram, but to be somewhat 
smoother in the shell. Some details of its mode of nidification 
are also given. — G. von Rosenberg, J. f. O. 1864, p. 134. 
ACCIPITRES. 
Gurney, John Henry. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Rap- 
torial Birds in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. Part I. 
Serpentariida, Polyborida, Vultwidae. London, 1864. 
Royal 8vo, pp. 90. 
This catalogue differs from most works of its kind in giving, 
(besides the ordinary information respecting the various speci- 
mens contained in the collection, their synonymy, localities, 
and donors) such particulars respecting the geographical distri- 
bution, food, nidification, and habits of each species as the 
author has been able to ascertain, thus making the work a very 
useful history of the groups included in it. Thirty species of the 
three families treated of are represented in the Norwich Museum 
by 141 mounted skins and 16 skeletons. 
1864. [voL. I.] 
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