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information. In a few lines (sometimes in a couple) Mr. 

 More has succeeded in conveying a good idea of the broad 

 lines of distribution of the 128 families included under the 

 subclass Carinatse, and the 7 which make up tbe Ratitae, with 

 the addition^ in some cases, of descriptions sufficient for 

 recognition by visitors to the Museum. Special attention is 

 called to those species which, although more or less frequent 

 in Great Britain, are either absent from, or of very rare occur- 

 rence in Ireland, and we believe that several of the latter have 

 been obtained or recorded for the first time by Mr. More 

 himself. In fact, during the twenty years that he has been at 

 the Dublin Museum, ornithology has received his warmest 

 support, although forming but one of the various branches 

 of Natural History under his care. It is therefore with 

 deep regret that we hear of his resignation, owing to severe 

 illness ; but it is satisfactory to know that a good orni- 

 thologist, Mr. Percy Evans Freke, M.B.O.U., is a candidate 

 for the vacant post. 



105. 'Ornis.' 



[Ornis : Internationale Zeitschrift fiir die gesammte Ornithologie. 

 Herausgeben von Dr. R. Blasius und G. v. Hayek. II. Jahrgang (1886), 

 4 Heft, m. Jahrgang, 1 Heft (1887). Wien.] 



The former of these two Parts contains a long and elaborate 

 article by the President, Dr. Rudolf Blasius, on the migra- 

 tion-routes of the Nutcracker in Europe in the autumn of 

 1885 and the winter of 1885-86, illustrated by descriptions 

 and figures, to show that there are two forms distinguished 

 by the names of Nucifraya caryocatactes leptorhynchus, R. 

 Blasius (A^. macrorhynchus , C. L. Brehm), with a long slender 

 bill, and N. c. pachyrhynchus, R. Blasius {N. brachyrhynchus, 

 C. L. Brehm), with a short stout bill. This is followed by 

 the interesting " Third Annual Report on the 175 species of 

 birds observed in Denmark in 1885,^^ compiled by Herr Olaf 

 Winge, and, being written in English, it will be especially 

 useful to some of our readers. Herr Benedict Grondal com- 

 municates notes on 28 species noted in Iceland in 1886; 

 supplemented in Heft 1, for 1887, by a few remarks by Herr 



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