AVES. 77 
wissensch. Zoologie, 1867, pp. 480-524, pis. xxix., ixx. 
[Also Leipzig : 1867. 8vo, pp. 48, pis. 2.] 
In consequence of Dr. Landois^s investigations (Zool. Rec. 
ii. pp. 85, 86) the author was led to the microscopical examina- 
tion of egg-shells, hut finds therein little, if any, help to classi- 
fication. The layers of which the shell is composed vary, and 
this is especially the case with the main layer. Copious lists of 
writers who have before treated the subject are given. {Cf, 
Ibis, 1868, pp. 228, 229.) 
Brown, J. A. H. Extracts from a Journal of a Nesting-Tour 
in Sutherland in 1867. Zoologist, Second Series, pp. 851- 
865. 
The extracts are followed by a list of the birds of the western 
part of the county, but none not hitherto recorded as found 
there were met with. 
Euler, Carl. Beitrage zur Naturgescbichte der Vogel Bra- 
siliens. 
For a notice of these '' Contributions,^^ which contain much 
valuable oological information, see above Neotropical Re- 
gion^'), p. 68. 
Finsch, Otto, und Hartlaub, G. Beitrag zur Fauna Central- 
polynesiens, u. s. w. 
Some general remarks on this work will be found above 
Australian Region '^) . Eggs of the following are figured 
(not too well) : — 
Ptilotis carunculata, Taf. i. fig. 2 (and 
nest). 
Merula vanicorensis, Taf. i. fig. 3. 
Aplona tabuensis, Taf. i. fig. 4. 
Artamus mentalis, Taf. i. fig. 5. 
Rhipidura nebulosa, Taf. i. fig. 6. 
Zosterops flaviceps, Taf. i. fig. 7. 
Astur cruentus, Taf. ii. fig. 1, and 
Taf. xiv. figg. 1, 2. 
Platycercus splendens, Taf. ii. fig. 2. 
Ptilinopus fasciatus, Taf. ii. fig. 3. 
Chrysoena luteovirens, Taf. ii. fig. 4. 
Megapodius pritchardi, Taf. ii. fig. 6, 
Didunculus strigirostris, Taf. iii. fig. 1. 
Porphyrio vitiensis, Taf. iii. fig. 2. 
Rallus pectoralis, Taf. iii. fig. 3. 
Rallina poeciloptera, Taf. iii. fig. 4, 
and Taf. xiv. fig. 8. 
Pufiinus nugax, Taf. iii. fig. 6. 
Dysporus aula, Taf. iii. fig. 6. 
Sterna panaya, Taf. iv. fi^g. 1-3. 
Anous cinereus, Taf. iv. figg. 4, 6. 
Circus assimilis, Taf. xiv. iig. 3. 
Collocalia spodiopygia, Taf^ xiv. fig. 4 
(and nest). 
Myiagra castaneiventris, Taf. xiv. 
fig. 6. 
Columba vitiensis, Taf. xiv. fig. 7. 
Grandidier, a. Observations sur le gisement des oeufs de 
FEpiornis. Compt. Rendus, Ixv. pp. 476-478. 
The locality where remains of JEpyornis have been found is in 
the south-western part of Madagascar, near Cape St. Mary. 
The eggs lie in sandy dunes, and are usually exposed by the 
action of running water. Though probably living at no distant 
date, the bird, without doubt, no longer exists. \Cf. Ibis, 1868, 
pp. 65-68.) 
Hector, James. Notice of an Egg of the Great Moa {Dinornih 
