162 Recently published Ornithological Works . 
Y .—Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 
1. f The Avicultural Magazine.* 
[The Ayicultural Magazine. Third Series. Yol. i. Nos. 10-12 (August- 
October, 1910).] 
The most interesting paper to the readers of 4 The Ibis * 
in these three numbers will probably be that on the Cock of 
the Hock (col. pi.) by Mr. W. Frost, who narrates the bird's 
habits as observed in Guiana, and his experiences in netting it. 
Air. Seth-Smith describes the successful termination of his 
visit to Australia on behalf of the Zoological Society, with 
details of a couple of short trips in Tasmania ; Mr. Bonhote 
concludes his notes on the age of birds in confinement, 
mentioning several that had lived with him for over ten years ; 
while Mr. Finn once more furnishes interesting “ Stray 
Notes" on several Indian species. Besides these, Mr. C. 
B. Smith has much information to give us on the Sand- 
Grouse ( Pterocles fasciatus and P. eocustus ), as kept in his 
aviaries, and on Lagopus rupestris , which has laid eggs there ; 
Air. R. Phillips records a further case of successful breed¬ 
ing of the Pied Rock-Thrush ( Monticola saxatilis ) ; and 
Mr. Goodchild finishes his account of his “ornithological 
rambles." 
Further articles on individual species are written by 
Messrs. E. J. Brook (a pet Cassowary), W. E. Teschemaker 
(nesting of Serinus sulphur atus), R. B. Woosnam ( Scops 
erlang eri, ph, and Glaucidium per latum, pi.), and J. L. Bonhote 
(Spindalis pretrei, col. ph). 
The Bird-notes from the Zoological Gardens are of more 
than ordinary interest, as, besides notices of the breeding of 
Microtribonyx ventralis and other species, we are presented 
with a plate of the Hammer-head ( Scopus umbretta) and its 
nest. This nest many of us have seen in the Gardens, and 
we are now told that the young were successfully hatched. 
2. Benham on the Moa of Stewart Island. 
[Tlie Discovery of Moa-Remains on Stewart Island. By Prof. W. B. 
Benham, F.R.S. Trans. New Zealand Inst. 1909.] 
The discovery of remains of the Aloa in Stewart Island is 
