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giganteoL)i containing remains of an embryo^ found in the 
province of Otago, New Zealand. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, 
pp. 991, 992. 
It measured 8*9 in. by 6*1 in., and its surface was much de- 
cayed. The bones it contained, when compared with similar 
specimens of Dromceus, show an enormous disproportion in the 
massiveness and form as regards the extremities, with very 
slight difference in the cranium and total length. No wing- 
bones are mentioned, 
JoLY, N^ Sur un oeuf di^Epiornis \\QgQ jEpyornis] maximus vu 
“ ' recemment a Toulouse. Compt. Rendus, Ixv. pp. 422-424. 
This specimen was found by the owner, M. Nau, about eleven 
years ago, in Madagascar, twenty leagues from the sea. It is 
considerably larger than either of those in the Museum at Paris. 
Muller, Adolf, und Karl. Das Nisten der Vogel. Zool. 
Garten, 1867, pp. 96-100, 137-143, 172-178, 208-216, 
250-259. 
These articles contain a great variety of general remarks on 
nidification, but apparently no very novel facts are recorded. 
Newton, Alfred. On some New or Rare Birds' Eggs* Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 161-168, pi. xv. 
This paper was read in 1806 (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 91), but its publication post- 
poned in consequence of an apeident. The eggs of Nudfraga caryocatactes^ 
Didunculm strigirostrisy Opisthocomus cidstatus, Tryngites rufescens, Tringa 
minutilla, Phalaropus fulicariuSy and Totanus Jlavipes are figured, and those 
of Chroicocephalus ichthyaetuSy Mareca americanay Fulix apiniSy CEdemia per- 
spicillatay and Mergus cucullatus are described. 
Ramsay, E. P. Note on the Nidification oi Baza suberistata. 
Tom, cit, 1867, pp. 392-394. 
. ^ Note on the Eggs of the Australian Stilt-Plover [Himan- 
topus leucocephalus). Tom. cit, p. 600. 
Illustrations of Australian Oology. Ibis, 1867, pp. 413- 
421, pis. viii., ix. 
Contains good accounts of the mode of breeding of Biziura 
lobata. Pitta strepitans, Parra gallinacea, Choriotis australis, 
Lobivanellus lobatus, and Barciophorus pectoraliSy with figures of 
their eggs, drawn in Australia under the author's superin- 
tendence. 
Rowley, G. D. On the Egg of jEpyornis, the Colossal Bird of 
Madagascar, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 892-895. 
Seven more or less perfect specimens of the egg of JE. maxi- 
mus have been found, besides fragments. Some of the last indi- 
cate that they belonged to a smaller species, now called 
grandidieri, (See jEpyornithidcs.) 
