There is a specimen of a nest in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, which merits description, besides that of the Bower-bird. Such is the nest of the Brush Turkey, which appears more like a small haystack than an ordinary nest, and the methodical manner in which it is constructed is thus described:--Tracing a circle of considerable radius, the birds begin to travel round it, continually grasping with their huge feet the leaves and grasses and dead twigs which are lying about, and flinging them inwards towards the centre. Each time that they complete their round, they narrow their circle, so that in a short time they clear away a circular belt, having in its centre a low irregular mass. By repeating the same process, however, they decrease the diameter of the mound as they increase its height, and at last a large and rudely conical mound is formed. In this nest as many as a bushel of eggs are deposited, at regular intervals, long end downwards. The leaves form a fermenting mass, which relieves the mother of the necessity of setting upon them. The male, however, has to regulate the temperature of the mass, which would otherwise get too hot. This he does by making a central ventilating shaft, which carries off the superfluous heat; and, lest the temperature should fall too low, he is constantly engaged in covering and uncovering the eggs in order to hit the exact temperature to be applied until the egg is warmed into life. FOOTNOTE: [10] Abridged from the "Saturday Review." THE EPICURE'S ORTOLAN. We have allotted this bird to the epicure, because it is rarely heard of but in association with his luxurious table. Mr. Beckford describes the Ortolans among the delicacies which he saw in the kitchen of the monastery of Batalha as "lumps of celestial fatness." Ortolan is the French and English names for a species of _Fringillidæ_ (Finches). It is the _Hortulanus_ of Gesner and other naturalists; _Miliaria pinguescens_ of Frisch; _Emberiza Hortulana_ of Linnæus; _Ortolano_ of the Italians generally; _Tordino Berluccio_ of the Venetians; _Garton Ammer_ and _Fetammer_ of the Germans; and _Gerste Keneu_ of the Netherlanders. This wide dispersion on the Continent bespeaks the pet character of the bird. Montagu terms it the Green-headed Bunting. The French have a fanciful derivation of the name: they say it is from the Italian word for gardener, which is from the Latin _hortus_, garden; because, according to Menage, in Italy, where the bird is common, it is quite at home in the hedges of gardens.