Recently published Ornithological Works. 519' 
of Graf Otto Chotck, was a carefully preserved eyrie of Aquila 
imperialis (sive heliaca), situated on an oak tree witkin sight 
of the house, from which, as the Professor was subsequently 
informed, three young birds were successfully reared by 
their parents two months later. But all the larger birds of 
this district and their nesting-places seem to have become 
woefully diminished of late years. 
In the second article Prof. Mojsisovics gives a series of 
systematically arranged notes on the birds met with during 
the tour described in his former paper, and during another 
excursion in the same district. Of Sterna fluviatilis he. 
speaks at some length and asserts that in this species 
some examples can only be distinguished from S. arctica 
(sive macrura ) by the longer tarsus. One hundred and 
ninety-two species are included in the list. The supposed 
occurrence of Hoplopterus spinosus (see p. 31) was not defi¬ 
nitely established. 
88. ‘ Ornis / Vol. I, Nos. 2, 3. 
[Ornis: Internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesammte Ornithologie. 
Organ des permanenten internationalen ornithologischen Comites, heraus- 
gegeben von Dr, K. Blasius und Dr. G. v. Hayek. 1 Jahrg. 2 und 3 Hefte. 
Wien.] 
The conjoined numbers 2 and 3 of our new contemporary 
f Ornis 3 ( antea , p. 90) contain articles by E. J. Grabowsky 
on the habits of the birds of Borneo, and by H. Gatke on 
the migratory visitors to Heligoland in 1884; as also the 
lengthy report of the committee on the ornithological observ- 
ing-stations of Austria and Hungary for 1885, drawn up by 
Messrs, v. Dalla Torre and v. Tschusi. Herr Gathers orni¬ 
thological diary for 1884 will be read with great interest. 
89. Payne-Gallwey on Duck Decoys. 
[The Book of Duck Decoys: their Construction, Management, and 
History. By Sir Ralph Payne-Grallwey, Bart. 4to. London: Van 
Voorst, 1886.] 
This beautifully printed work, with numerous illustrations 
and plans for the establishment and working of decoys, falls 
more within the lines of the sportsman, and even of the 
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