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Russ (Kaul). Die Webervogel und Widafinken. Ihre Naturgeschichte, Pflege und 



Zucbt. Magdeburg: 1884. (8vo, xiii, 216 pp.) 

 Salvadoki (T.). Prodromus Ornithologiae Papuasiae et Moluccarum. XII. Gralla- 



tores. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, v. 18, pp. 318-337. 

 Shufeldt (R. W.). Concerning some of the forms assumed by the patella in Birds. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 7, pp. 324-331. 

 WUNDERLICH (Ludwig). Beitriige zur vergleichenden Anatomie und Entwicklungs- 



geschichte des unteren Keblkopfs der Vogel. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 



V. 48, No. 1, 80 pp. 



Periodicals. 



Au-k (The). A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Editor : J. A. Allen. Associate 

 editors: Ell. Coues, Rob. Ridgway, Wm. Brewster, and Mont. Chamberlain. 

 (Continuation of the Bull. Nuttall. Ornitholog. Club.) Published for the Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, v. 1 (old ser. v. 9, n. ser. v. 1). Boston: 1884. 

 (8vo.) 



Ibis (The). A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Edited by O. Salvin and Ph. L. 

 Sclater. 4 ser., v. 8. London: 1884. (8vo.) 



Zeitschrift fiir die gesamrote Ornithologie. Herausgegeben von Julius von Madarisz. 



1. Jahrg. Budapest, 1884. 



(Saurura.) 



Dames (W.). Ueber Archjjeopteryx. Palaeontol. Abhandl. von Dames und Kayser, v. 



2, 80 pp., Ipl. 



(Batitai, ) 



DoLLO (L.). Note sur la presence du Gastornis Edwardsii, Lemoine, dans Passise 

 inf^rieure de l'6tage landenien, h Mesoin, pr^s Mons. Bull. Mus. R. d'Hist. Nat. 

 Belg., v. 2, pp. 297-308, 1 pi. 



{GalUnacea.) 



StejNeger (Leonhard). a brief review of the Lagopodes. Zeitschr. f. d. ges. 



Ornithol., 1. Jahrg., pp. 86-92, 1 pi. 

 . On the Shedding of the Claws in the Ptarmigan and allied Birds. Am. Nat. 



V. 18, pp. 774-776. 



(Psittad.) 



Sclater (Philip L.). Remarks upon a very singular Habit of one of the Greater 

 Vasa Parrots (Coracopsis vasa). Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884, p. 410. 



( Coccyges. ) 



Dresser (H. E.). A monograph of the Meropidae or family of the Bee-eaters. P. 1, 

 2, with 3 col. pi. by Keulemans. London, 1884. (Imp. 4to.) 



Edwards (Alphonse Milne). Sur les sacs respiratoires du Calao Rhinoceros. 

 Compt. rend. Acad. Sc. Paris, v. 99, pp. 833-836. 



(GrallcB.) 



Ridgway (Robert). Remarks upon the close relationship between the White and 

 Scarlet Ibises (Eudocimus albus and ruber). The Auk, v. 1, pp. 239-240. 



Weldon (W. F. R.). On some points in the Anatomy of Phceni copter us and its 

 Allies. . Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883, pp. 638-652, 2 pi. 



( CypselomorphcB.) 

 Green (Joseph R.). The Edible Bird's-Nest. Nature, v. 31, p. 126. 



