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the commoner of the Australian birds, the Honey-eaters (Me- 
liphaga ) average two, and some of the species lay only one solitary 
egg, the Wattle-bird (Anthochcera) two or three, the Sericornis 
tribe three, the Zoster ops three, the Wood-swallows (Artamus) 
four, &c. This opinion is corroborated by the fact that the few 
exceptional species, the individuals of which are really numerous, 
such as the Common Quail (Coturnixpectoralis) and some of the 
Parrakeet tribe, are found to be great layers, the Quail pro¬ 
ducing from eleven to fourteen and the Parrakeets from six to 
fourteen eggs.” 
Messrs. Ansted & Latham’s nicely got-up work on the Channel 
Islands* contains a list of the birds met with in the islands, and 
some few notes on the general character of the bird-fauna and 
its peculiarities. The Catalogue, which includes 198 species 
(a large number for so limited an area), many of them, however, 
probably merely stragglers, was prepared for the work by Mr. 
Gallienne, who says, “The Rook and the Jay are rarely seen 
here (i. e. in Guernsey), though they are both indigenous to 
Jersey.” We had always understood that just the contrary 
was the case with regard to the first-named species, although 
we know efforts have been made to introduce it from England. 
“ The Storm-Petrel breeds in large numbers at Burton, and a few 
on other rocks near Alderney. The Ring-Ouzel stays 
with us throughout the year, but, like the Missel-Thrush in 
England, is more plentiful in winter than in summer.” 
2. German, Russian, and Dutch Publications. 
Wiegman’s f Archiv fur Naturgeschichte’ for the past year, be¬ 
sides the usual elaborate report on the progress of our favourite 
science for the previous year, from the pen of our good friend 
Dr. Hartlaub (which we assume, as a matter of course, that 
every ornithologist will refer to), contains an article by Herr 
Landbeck, of Santiago, in Chile, on the Coots of his adopted 
countryf. Mr. Landbeck does not seem to be acquainted with 
* The Channel Islands. By David Thomas Ansted and Robert Gordon 
Latham. 1 vol. Bvo. London, 1862. 
t “ Ueber die Chilesischen Wasserhiihner aus der Gattung Fulica, Linn./’ 
von Ludwig Landbeck in Santiago, Arch. f. Nat. 1862, p.215. 
