Recently published Ornithological Works. 455 



species as yet recognized as occurring within the district of 

 Columbia are 248 in number^ of which, as shown in the 

 " Recapitulation/^ 47 are " permanent residents/' 46 " winter 

 visitants/' QQ '' summer visitants/' 49 " spring and autumn 

 migrants/' and 40 " accidental or very rare visitors." The 

 game-laws of the district are subjoined. The chapter on the 

 Location and Topography of the District of Columbia con- 

 tains an account of " Rail-shooting on the Anaconda-River 

 marshes/' which, though not strictly scientific, will interest 

 many of our readers. 



7Q. Dalgleish on Birds and Eggs from Central Uruguay. 



[Notes on a Second Collection of Birds and Eggs from Central Uruguay. 

 By John J. Dalgleish. Proc, Koy. Phys. Soc. Ediiib, vol. viii. p. 77.] 



Mr. Dalgleish's correspondent in the Banda Oriental con- 

 tinues his interesting field-notes on the birds of Central 

 Uruguay, and their nests and eggs. Fifteen species are 

 included in the present contribution. 



77. Finsch on Birds from the South Pacific. 



[Ueber Vogel der Siidsee. Auf Grand eigener Beobachtungen und 

 Sammlungen mitgetbeilt von Dr. 0. Finsch, Ebreumitglied des Ornith. 

 Vereines in Wien. Wien : 1884. 56 pp.] 



The object of this essay was, we believe, to give an account 

 of the collection of birds obtained by the author during his 

 travels in the Pacific, and exhibited at the recent Ornitho- 

 logical Congress at Vienna. The collection is divided into 

 five categories : — (1) New Britain, (2) New Guinea, (3) Cape 

 York and Torres Straits, (4) New Zealand, and (5) Micro- 

 nesia. General remarks are prefaced about the five dififerent 

 localities, and special notes appended to the name of each 

 species. 



78. Giraldes on the Birds of Portugal. 



[Questoes de Philosophia Natural por Albino Giraldes. — III. Catalogo 

 das Aves de Portugal existentes actualmente no museu de Coimbra, 

 1878. 8vo. Coimbra: 1879.] 



