THIS part of the second volume of the new edition of Mr. North's excellent work on the nests and eggs of the birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania describes the greater portion of the large and impor tant family Meliphagidæ, commenced towards the latter end of the preceding part, and the families Nectariniidæ, Zosteropidæ, Dicædæ, and Pardalotida3. The figures of the eggs, which are of the natural size, were reproduced by heliotype process at the Government Printing Office from photographs of specimens. The letterpress contains descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, and a general account of their life-history. The excellent detailed description of the birds, the copious field notes, and the beauty of the illustrations all call for notice. This important and most interesting work is a publication of the Australian museum, beautifully produced, and at a very low price. In the present part we have 138 pages of letterpress (large 410), three plates (one showing the nest of Lewin's honey eater in situ, and the other two comprising sixty-six figures of eggs), besides illustrations in the text of birds, nests, and breeding haunts, for 7s. 6d.