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works of Raffles and Horsfield, and whose interior recesses have sup- 

 plied many splendid species to the researches of the naturalists 

 who have been lately employed to explore them. The residence of 

 Sieboldt in Japan has also furnished many subjects which are not to 

 be found elsewhere. The descriptive part is concisely written, but 

 there is little added to our knowledge of habits or affinities, and the 

 greatest blemish to the w r ork is the passing over the discoveries of 

 contemporary writers, with whose works M . Temminck should have 

 been conversant ; thus from the commencement of the series many 

 birds are given under new denominations which had previously been 

 described by other naturalists. A difference of opinion may have 

 existed, but prior and contemporary labourers in the same field 

 could scarcely all be unworthy of notice ; even in the concluding 

 Livraisons this is apparent. 



The parts which we have now received contain some very inter- 

 esting and remarkable birds which may be worthy of a short notice . 

 Uria Wumizusume, Temm., pi. 579, is a remarkable bird from the 

 coasts of Corea and Japan, furnished with a lanceolate frontal crest 

 in the breeding season ; it was indicated by Pallas and Latham, and 

 designated under a separate generic title by Brandt. So far as we 

 can judge from the figure now given it will differ in many respects 

 from the true Guillemots, and we do not think that the specific name 

 given by M. Temminck is any improvement upon that of " antiqua" 

 given by its first describers. — Picus Aiuokera, Temm., pi. 585, a 

 Japanese bird very closely resembling P. viridis, but considered to 

 be distinct, and if so presenting another instance of the close alliance 

 which the members of this genus (Brachylophns, Sw.) hold with 

 each other. — Dacelo Buccoides, Temm., pi. 586. We question much 

 that this is a distinct species, though we wish to give every deference 

 to the high authority which the author's experience will carry with 

 it. — FringillaKawarahiba, Temm., pi. 588. {coccothraustes or belong- 

 ing to Chloris, Sw.) is a beautiful Japanese species, but Fringilla 

 rut Hans, Temm. (Passer) represented on the same plate, and also 

 found in Japan, seems nearly allied to P. Indica, Orn. Illust. pi. .118. 

 The head of the Japanese bird is more chestnut-coloured, and the 

 black patch beneath is confined to the throat only. — Allotrius fiavis- 

 capis, Temm., pi. 589. is given as the type of a new genus. It is a 

 Japanese and Sumatran bird, and will stand very near if it does not 

 enter Pteruthius, Sw. figured in Mr. Gould's Himalayan Century. — 

 Timalia Trichorrhos, Temm., pi. 594. This bird will enter the ge- 

 nus Macronous of the ' Ornithological Illustrations,' pi. 150, which 

 Mr. Swainson considers an aberrant Brachypteryx. It seems closely 



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