270 Lord Walden on Mr. Allan Hume’s 
and a good bit of the shell of each gone also. We distinctly 
noticed on them the marks of the front teeth of a squirrel; 
and as the wood was full of the common species, concluded 
that it was the work of Sciurus cinereopectus, J. E. Gray. 
The note of this Owl may he heard for a great part of the 
night in its breeding-localities. It consists of a long cdu, 
uttered loudly and with stress. Ephialtes glabripes was de¬ 
scribed in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, vol. vi. p. 152. 
XXXII .—A Reply to Mr. Allan Hume’s Review * of ( Die 
Papageien’ of Dr. Otto Finsch. By Arthur, Viscount 
Walden, M.B.O.U. 
Dr. Finsch published the first volume of his famous mono¬ 
graph of the Psittacidse in 1867 ; the second volume in 1868. 
Mr. Hume has (/. c.) reviewed the work in 1874. It is of the 
highest importance that the reader of the Review and of the 
following remarks should constantly bear the last two dates in 
his memory. But the reader will be disappointed if, misled 
by the full title of Mr. Hume ; s review, “ Die Papageien,” he 
expects a comprehensive account of the entire work. For, 
though the footfall of Mr. Hume is not usually deterred by 
angelic fears, in this critique of a complete work on the Parrots 
of the world he has only favoured us with the benefit of his 
views on Dr. Finsch's treatment of eleven species, belonging 
to a single genus, Palceornis. Truly but a small portion of 
Dr. Finsch's exhaustive monograph of the Order ! Mr. Hume's 
critical remarks, though thus narrowed, cannot be described 
as either strictly complimentary or enucleate. He assures 
us his “ relations " with Dr. Finsch “ have always been most 
friendly” ( t. c. p. 28) ; but his first impulse, after grudging 
the postage on a second copy, was “ to throw the book into the 
fire ” ( t. c. p. 4 ); and in this dignified frame of mind he pro¬ 
ceeds, by a pitiless bespattering of Dr. Finsch, to still further 
cement their “ friendly relations.” Besides many smaller, 
two serious charges are brought against Dr. Finsch. He is 
* Stray Feathers, ii. pp. 1-28 (1874). 
