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XXV. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



30. Adrianof on the Birds of North- western Mongolia . 1 88 



31. 'The Auk' 189 



32. Barnes on the Birds of the Bombay Presidency . . 190 



33. Beckham on some Kentucky Birds 190 



34. Blomefield's ' Reminiscences of Selby ' 191 



35. Booth on British Birds 191 



36. Canadian Eecord of Science . 192 



37. Cory's New List of West-Indian Birds 192 



38. Dalgleish on the Birds of Culross and TuUiallan . . 192 



39. Des Murs on- European Birds 193 



40. Finsch and Meyer on new Paradise-birds . . . .193 



41. Giglioli and Manzella on Italian Birds 194 



42. Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea' 194 



43. Lawrence on Birds from Yucatan 195 



44. Murdoch on the Birds of Point Barrow 195 



45. Menzbier on the Posthumous "Works of Severtzoff . 197 



46. ' The Naturalist ' 198 



47. Newton's Memoir of the late John Scales . . . .199 



48. Olphe-Galliard on the Birds of Western Europe . . 200 



49. Palacky on the Distribution of Birds 200 



50. Sharpe and Wyatt on the Hirundinidse 201 



51. Smithsonian Report for 1883 201 



52. Stejneger on the Birds of the Commander Islands and 



Kamtschatka 201 



53. Taczanowski's ' Ornithology of Peru ' 202 



XXVI. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. W. Davison, Dr. Gadow, Dr. Giinther, and 

 Mr. W. E. Brooks ; Science in Indiana ; The Abundance of 

 Quails last year; The Generic Term SimorJiyncJius; The Wings 

 of Birds ; The British Association Migration Committee ; Habits 

 of the Rufous-backed Humming-bird {Selasjpliorus rufus)', New 

 Birds from Celebes ; New and Recent Expeditions .... 203 



