168 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
Mr. L. G. Chandler writes on the Pardalotes, and H. S. Dove 
on Petroeca vittata. Similar articles in the earlier number 
deal with the Victorian Sericornes (Mr. A. G. Campbell), 
Ptilotis cassidix (Messrs. F. E. Wilson and L. G. Chandler), 
Catarrhactes chrysocome in captivity (Mr. E. B. Nicholls), 
and the Regent Bird (Mr. P. H. Gilbert). 
In conclusion, we may refer to shorter articles or notes—on 
the “Destruction of Birds” by Mr. J. W. Mellor, on subfossil 
Bird-remains from King Island, Bass Straits (including 
those of Dromceus minor), from Mem. Nat. Mus. Melbourne, 
on the taming of wild Blue-bellied Lorikeets by a lady (pi.), 
and the insertion of a portrait of our lost Ornithologist, 
Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, in the “ Notes and Notices.” 
9. Finn on Asiatic Waterfowl. 
[The Waterfowl of India and Asia. By F. Finn. Calcutta, 1909. 
121 pp.] 
This is a revised edition of the author’s work f How to 
know the Indian Ducks,’ and furnishes a useful summary 
of all that is known of the various species, brought up to 
date, with brief notices and descriptions of the non-Indian 
forms. It is apparently meant in the first place for Anglo- 
Indians, and keys to the species are formed for their benefit. 
Heads of the Ducks likely to be met with by local sportsmen 
are given as aids to identification. A first Appendix is 
devoted to a “ Synoptical Table of the Indian Anatidrje,” a 
second to a “ Table of colours of full-plumaged males,” and 
a third to “ Aviaries for Ducks.” 
10. Flower’s Report on the Zoological Gardens of Giza. 
[Zoological Gardens, Giza, near Cairo. Report for the Year 1909 
(Eleventh Annual Report). By the Director. Cairo, 1910.*] 
The Report on the Zoological Garden at Giza, near 
Cairo, gives ns a very favorable account of its progress in 
every department during the year 1909. Of course, the more 
prominent objects in all such institutions are the Mammals; 
but Birds, as will be seen by the Report, are by no means 
neglected at Giza, and allusions to them will be found in 
* Cf. Report for 1908, ‘ Ibis/ 1909, p. 701. 
