Recently published Ornithological Works. 23 7 
have been fulfilled. But we venture to think that the history 
of the Emus, Cassowaries, and Kiwis, which occupies a large 
portion of Mr. Harting's share of the work, while of no use 
to the Ostrich-farmer, will scarcely prove of much service to 
the scientific ornithologist. The matter which it contains, 
so far as we can see, throws no new light on the subject*, 
and is chiefly compiled from books which are quite amongst 
the most accessible of all ornithological literature. 
The portion of this work relating to the Ostriches and the 
Bheas, as well as to the system of farming the former, con¬ 
tains many useful details, and will doubtless serve the purpose 
for which it was written. 
Several spirited drawings accompany this book; but the 
scenes depicted, to a great extent, illustrate hunting these 
birds rather than the more peaceful occupation of farming 
them. Perhaps in these early days of the latter process Os¬ 
trich-catching forms a prominent feature. 
14. ‘Bulletin’ of the Zoological Society of France. 
[Bulletin de la Soeiete Zoologique de France pour l’annee 1876. Pre¬ 
miere Annee, l e , 2 e et 3 e parties'. Paris, au siege de la Society Quai 
des Grands-Augustins 55. 1876.] 
The institution of a new Zoological Society in France must 
be a subject of much congratulation among naturalists, of 
whom all, we are sure, will wish the founder and promoters 
every sort of success. We see several ornithologists named 
in the “ bureau” of the new Society, and may therefore ex¬ 
pect ornithological contributors to the journal, of which, 
indeed, there are several in the first number. 
The president, M. Jules Yian, commences the new journal 
with an article on the specimen of Phaleris psittacula which 
was captured in Sweden in 1860 (Ibis, 1869, p. 221), and gives 
a figure and description of its skeleton. The second portion of 
M. Viangs paper relates to Mormon grabce of Brehm, which 
* The statement (p. 102) concerning the breeding of Casuarius aus¬ 
tralis in the Jardin des Plantes might claim to be an exception to this 
remark; but we believe this is an error, and that the “ Casoar de Nouvelle 
Hollandef i. e. Dvomceus novce hollandice , was the bird that really bred at 
Paris, as it has in many other places in England and on the Continent. 
