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53. Rowley^s ^Ornithological Miscellany/ Part xiv. 
Since our notice of part xiii. of this work [anteh, p. 193), 
a fourteenth has been published, completing the third volume, 
and, we regret to say, bringing the work to a conclusion. 
Our readers will regret to learn that ill health has obliged 
the energetic editor of the ^Ornithological Miscellany^ to 
abandon his task. 
The first paper in the final number is by Lord Tweeddale, 
on Poliohierax insignis, a plate (ciii.) of which is given. Mr. 
Rowley continues his notes on the genus Ptilopus^ figuring 
P. speciosus. Mr. Sharpe has an article on the genus Ar- 
tamus and its geographical distribution, wherein an Austra¬ 
lian species is described as new and called A. venustus. Con¬ 
cerning the name to be adopted for the Philippine Artamus, 
Mr. Sharpens views have already been criticized {antea, p. 383). 
Mr. Rowley then has few words on Pen-land,^^ wherein he 
treats of fens, geese, ducks, decoys, &c., giving anecdotes and 
notes appertaining thereto. The next article is an abridged 
translation of Count WodzickPs note on SavPs Warbler, pub¬ 
lished in 1853 in the Journal fur Ornithologie.^ Then follows 
notes on breeding-places in England of Anas fuligula and A. 
ferina, A few notes on the Kittiwake is succeeded by re¬ 
marks on the extinct gigantic birds of Madagascar and New 
Zealand, accompanied by full-sized drawings of the eggs of 
Mpyornis maximus, Dinornis ingens, and D, crassus, A 
further note on Sceloglaux albifacies brings Mr. Rowley to 
his concluding remarks. 
54. J. H. Gurney, Jun,, on the Birds of the Fern Islands. 
[Notes on the Fern Islands and some of the Birds which are found there. 
Pr. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 1877, pp. 268-278.] 
A comparison of Mr. Gurney^s notes with Selby^s account 
of the birds breeding on the Fern Islands, published in the 
^ Zoological Journal Mn 1826, give us data for noting the 
changes that have taken place in the bird-population of those 
interesting islands during the lapse of more than half a cen¬ 
tury. Mr. Gurney^s record leaves us with the sad impression 
that, unless the supposed restrictions on the destruction of 
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