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B. — BlBIJOGUAPIIY. 



Papers consulied in tite lyreparation of the foregoing list. 



1864. 



SCLATER, P. L. On tho birds of 

 the Comoro Islands. 



The Ibis, 1st ser., VI, 1864, pp. 

 232-301, PI. \ll. 

 Twenty-three species are mentioned, 

 of wliicli Xectannia cotnorensis is de- 

 scribed as new (p. 299) . The plate (VII) 

 represents Accijnter francesi, Smith. 

 The introductory matter (pp. 292-297) 

 comprises avery interesting description 

 of the several islands and their products. 



1867. NEWTON, EDAVARD, M. A., etc. 

 ()n the Laud-Birds of tho Sey- 

 chelles Archipelago. 



The Ibis, 2d ser., Ill, 1867, 

 pp. 335-358, PI. IV. 

 Thirty -five identified species are men- 

 tioned, accompanied by very interesting 

 notes. The following are described as 

 new: (1) Coracopsis barklyi (p. 341); 

 (2) PalcEornis wardi (p. 341) ; (3) Hyp- 

 sipetes crassirostris (p. 344); (4) Zoster- 

 ops modesta (p. 345); (5) Ichitrea cor- 

 vina (p. 349) ; (6) Foudia gechellarum, 

 (p. 353), and (7) Zosterops semijlava (j). 

 354). 



The plate (IV) represents Tchitrea 

 corvina, cf and 5 ■ 



1877. NEWTON, EDWARD, M. A., C. M. 



G., etc. On a collection of birds 

 from the island of Anjuan. 



Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1877, 



295-302, Pis. XXXIII, XXXIV. 



Twenty-seven species are mentioned, 

 with annotations, of which the following 

 are new: (1) Zosterops anjuanensis, p. 



297, pi. 33, flg. 1 ; (2) Tchitrea vulpina, ji. 



298. pi. 33, fig. 2 ; (3) Ellisia longieaudata, 

 p. 299 ; (4) Turdus bewsheri, p. 299, pi. 34 ; 

 (5) Turtur comorcnsis, p. 300. 



A list of forty-six siiecies (three of 

 them undetermined) is given, showing, 

 in tabular form, their distribution 

 among the islands of the Comoro group- 



1878. OUSTALET, M. E. Etude sur la 



fanne ■ ornithologique des lies 

 Seychelles. 



Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, 



1878, p. 161. 



(Based on a collection of 595 speci- 

 mens, representing 14 species, made by 

 M. de ITsle, naturalist of the French 

 Transit Expedition of 1875.) Ellisia 

 sechellensis is described as new. 



1879. [EDITORIAL.] Oustalet on the 



Ornithology of the Seychelles. 



Proc. N. M. 95 35 



1879. [EDITORIAL]— Continued. 



The Ibis, 4th ser.. Ill, 1879, 

 p. 97. 



Review of Onst.alet's " liltude sur la 

 fauuo ornithologiques des lies Sey- 

 chelles.'' 



1879. GtJNTHER, A. On the occurrence 

 of a Land Rail (Ballus) in the 

 island of Aldabra. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat, Hist,, 

 ser. 5, III, 1879, p. 164. 

 Described as a new subspecies, liallus 

 gularis, var. aldahrana. 



1879. SHELLEY, G. E. Ou a collection 

 of birds from the Comoro Islands. 

 Proc. Zool, Soc, London, 1879, 

 673-679. 



Thirty-six species are mentioned, of 

 which Zosterops Hrki, from Grand Com- 

 oro, is described :is new (p. 076). 



1881. SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. Collec- 

 tions from the Western Indian 

 Ocean. Birds. 



Eepoi-t of the Zoological collec- 

 tions made in the Indo- Pacific 

 Ocean during the voyage of 

 R. M. S. Alert, 1S81-82, Part II, 

 pp. 483-485. 



Fifteen species of birds are mentioned 

 from the Amirante group, Gloriosa, and 

 Seychelles. 



1888. NEWTON, SIR EDWARD, K. C. 

 M. G., etc. [Presidential address 

 to the members of the Norfolk 

 and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 

 including a "List of the birds of 

 the Mascarene Islands, including 

 the Seychelles. "] 



Trans. Norfolk and Nonvich 

 Naturalists' Soc, IV, pp. 537- 

 554 (list on pp. 548-554). 

 One hundred and seven species are 

 given in tho list, their distribution 

 (whether found in La Reunion, Mauri- 

 tius, Rodriguez, Seychelles, or "other 

 places within the range") being shown 

 in columns, and whether extinct, pecu- 

 liar, or of accidental occurrence in- 

 dicated by symbols. Seven additional 

 species, all Tulnnares, are given on the 

 authority of Pollen (Rechowhes, etc., 

 pp. 144, 145), and finally 'an approxi- 

 mate list of species of birds which 

 seem to have been introduced into the 

 islands," twenty-cue in number. 



