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D. Aquila. 



4. Aquila chrysaetos. 7. A. navio'ides. 



5. A. bifasciata, Gr., ex As. Centr. 8. A. clanga. 



6. A. imperialis, Bechst. 9. A. navia. 



E. Hieraetus. 

 10. A. bonellii,Te,mm. 11. A. pennata, Gray. 



We may remark that there are certainly two good species of 

 Eagle to be added to this list : (1) Aquila gurneyi, G. R. Gray — a 

 very distinct Eagle allied to A. malayensis, discovered by Mr. 

 Wallace in Batchian (figured in P. Z. S. I860, p. 342, pi. 169) ; 

 and (2) Aquila desmursi, Verreaux, of Western Africa, which is 

 best placed along with the Hiera'dti. 



Our readers who refer to this Report will notice that Mr. 

 Darwin's theory and many other questions of the day were dis- 

 cussed at the meeting of this Society. They will find details on 

 these subjects in the "Beilagen" attached to the "Bericht." 

 Baron R.Konig-Warthhausen's Oological Memoirs contain much 

 that is worthy of notice, particularly in reference to the theory of 

 the coloration of the eggs of the Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus). 



The second and third numbers of Cabanis' Journal for 1861 

 contain a mass of matter interesting to ornithologists. The 

 Editor continues his paper on the birds of Costa Rica from the 

 collections transmitted by Hoffman and v. Frantzius. A new 

 Calliste {Callispiza frantzii, most nearly allied to Calliste ictero- 

 cephala) is a great discovery for Central America. We trust 

 that Messrs. Salvin and Godman, who are now proceeding to 

 Costa Rica, will not fail to obtain specimens of this bird for our 

 English collections. Dr. H. A. Bernstein gives us further con- 

 firmation of the curious habits of Buceros in the breeding sea- 

 son (p. 116 et seq.). To Dr. Gloger's ill-natured attack upon 

 "three English anatomists and naturalists'' we believe a reply 

 has already been prepared elsewhere ; so for the present we will 

 pass it over in silence. Poor Dr. Gloger must have fallen 

 a victim to the Anglophobia which was so prevalent in Berlin at 

 the time of the celebrated " Macdonald-controversy " ! 



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