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ZOOLOGICAL LITEllATUllE. 
are also given of the weight and size of many of their eggs. As 
a rule, however, the observations are not of a very important 
kind to the general ornithologist. 
Kutter, — ■. Ein Beitrag zur Portpflanzungsgeschichte von 
Gallinula pusilla. Journ. fur Orn. 1865, pp. 334-341. 
An account of the breeding of the species named near Cott- 
bus in Posen. 
Lord, J. K. Catalogue of Birds^ Nests and Eggs collected in 
North-west America. Proc. B. A. Instit. Woolwich, 1865, 
pp. 337-339. 
The nidificatory habits of eighteen species are briefly de- 
scribed, (Cf, Ibis, 1866, p. 208.) 
PelZeln, a. von. Beise der osterreichischen Eregatte Novara, 
u. s. w. Vogel, [See under General Subject.'*'’] 
Plate vi. of this work contains 
following species : — 
Bubo maculosus. 
Collocalia linchi. 
Drymoeca subruficapilla. 
maculosa. 
Oopsyclius saularis. 
Malacocercus griseus. 
Laniarius boulbouL 
Hyphautornia amlhons. 
figures of the eggs of the 
Ploceus capensis. 
Crithagra canicollis. 
Pbytotoma rara. 
Megapodius nicobariensis. 
Priou vittatus. 
Sterna vittata. 
Graculus gaimardi. 
carunculatus. 
Particulars of the mode of nidification of these and other 
speeies are to be found in the text. 
Bams AY, Edward P. On the Nests and Eggs of some New Zea- 
land Birds. Ibis, 1865, pp. 154-157. 
The species mentioned are Eudynamis taitensisj Anthornis 
melanuraj Ehipidura flabelliferUy Creadion carunculatus, and 
Platycercus auriceps. 
. Notes on Birds breeding in the Neighbourhood of Syd- 
ney. Ibis, 1865, pp. 298-306. (Error corrected. Ibis, 
1866 , p. 127 .) 
This is in continuation of a series of papers in the same journal 
for former years. The species treated of now are Pardalotus 
striatus, Chelidon arhorea, C. arid, Gymnorhma tibicen, Myiagra 
plumbea, Monarcha carinata, Corvus coronoides, Myzomela 
sanguinolenta, and Parra gallinacea, 
. Notes upon the Cuckoos found near Sydney. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 460-465. 
The eggs of Chalcites lucidus, Cuculus inornatus, and C, cine- 
raceus described. 
