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Dr. Slmfeldt describes the curious mode of healing shown 

 in the case of a Raven that had had the front portion of its 

 upper mandible shot away, and was subsequently found to 

 be well nourished and in good plumage. The " cut edges of 

 the osseous bill met each other in the middle line and united 

 completely by bony union/' 



58-59. Sousa on African Birds. 



[58. Additameuto a lista das aves collegidas em Africa de 1884 a 1886 

 pelos Srs. Capello e Ivens. Por Jos^ Augusto de Souza. Jorn. d. Sci. 

 Math., Phys. e Natur. Lisboa, 1886, no. xliii. pp. 151-153. 



59. A-ves de Angola, Id. Tom. cit. pp. 154-170.] 



The first paper contains eleven additions to the former list 

 of species collected by the above explorers (see Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 522), the only novelty for the Angolan avifauna being 

 Neophron pileatus. The second paper treats of three collec- 

 tions made by Sr. Jose de Anchieta, containing 92 species, 

 of which Barbatula bocagei and Bradyornis benguellensis are 

 said to be new to science, while Syrnium nuchale, which 

 Mr. R. B. Sharpe described from the Quanza, is a novelty 

 for the Lisbon Museum. A species of Drymoica and one 

 of Hyphantornis are, as yet, undetermined. 



60. *S'. Sivinburne on Oceanic Birds. 



[Notes on Birds observed on various Voyages between England and the 

 Cape of Good Hope. By Spearman Swinburne. (Communicated by 

 J. J. Dalgleish.) Proc. E. Physical Soc. Edinb. ix. pp. 193-201.] 



This interesting paper contains an account of the different 

 birds observed on a series of voyages between Southampton 

 and Cape Town, from July 1884 to September 1886. Of 

 the 66 species enumerated, 16 are " land " birds and 6 are 

 migratory waders, and we detect nothing very remark- 

 able as regards the distribution of the latter within the 

 latitudes and at the dates mentioned, all these occur- 

 rences being in the northern hemisphere. On future 

 voyages Mr. Swinburne will probably be more fortunate in 

 this respect. It is, however, with regard to the pelagic 



