360 Recently published Ornithological Works . 
review of Mr. Roths child’s f Extinct Birds 9 in the April 
number. Finally,, in October, Mr. E. S. Cameron describes 
the changes of plumage in Buteo swainsoni. 
28. 1 The Avicultural Magazine? 
[Avicultural Magazine. The Journal of the Avicultural Society. 
New Series. Vol. vi. Nos. 11,12, Vol. vii. Nos. 1-5 (Sept. 1908-March 
1909.)] 
The Editor of this Magazine, Mr. D. Seth-Smith, has the 
first claim upon our attention for his attractive article on 
his visit to Australia on behalf of the Zoological Society. 
This article is continued from September to March, and gives 
an account of his sojourn in West Australia, with trips to 
the mining centre of Kalgoorlie, the Forest region, and the 
Mammoth cave; from Freemantle he proceeded by sea to 
Adelaide, and thence by train to Melbourne, the Zoological 
Gardens at both of these places being a great attraction, while 
at the latter he took a further trip to the Penton Hills. To 
an aviculturist the whole story is especially interesting on 
account of the large number of Australian species of birds 
that may be kept in confinement. 
The allusion to Zoological Gardens leads naturally to the 
mention of a paper in November by Mr. R. I. Pocock on 
the breeding-habits of the genus Crax , as exemplified in the 
mating of a female of C. hecki with a male of C. globicera 
at Regent’s Park. The nest of twigs in a tree built by the 
male, the period of incubation by the female, the two white 
eggs, the remarkable precocity of the young and the method 
of feeding them are all duly chronicled, and give much 
information to the ornithologist. 
Success in breeding rare species in captivity seems to be 
now almost more the rule than the exception, a fact which 
must be most gratifying to the Society and on which we 
congratulate it most heartily. In his well-known aviaries 
at Gooilust, Mr. F. E. Blaauw has reared many rare species, 
among which Gallus sonnerati may be particularized (Nov.); 
and at Woburn the Duchess of Bedford has been equally 
successful, especially with several species of Cranes (Sept.). 
