Letters, Announcements, S^c. 523 



Lista das aves colligidas pelo Sr. Serpa Pinto, no Ibo, em 1885. Por 

 Jos^ Augusto de Sousa. Tom. cit. (Separate copies.)] 



The former is a list of some of the species (30 in number) 

 collected by Senhors Capello and Ivens, between 11° 22' and 

 15° 38' S. lat., and 23° 43' and 30° 21' E. long., during their 

 well-known journey across the " Dark Continent.^' Most of 

 the species are South-African, but Amauresthes frinyilloides 

 appears to have been found for the first time to the north of 

 Zanzibar, and Musophaga rossce beyond the limit of the 

 Province of Angola. From the river Coroca two species are 

 added to the list. 



The latter paper contains a list of 23 species sent to the 

 Lisbon Museum by the celebrated explorer Senhor Serpa 

 Pinto, and principally collected between about 12° 25' S. 

 lat., and 40° 40' E. long. Among the more interesting are 

 Smithor'nis capeiisis and Erythrocercus thomsoni, Shelley. 



95. Taczanowski on the Birds of Ussuria. 



[Liste des Oiseaux re9us recemmeut du Sud-oueat du Paj'S Oussourien. 

 Par L. Taczanowslii. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1885, pp. 404-478.] 



This list contains remarks on 171 species obtained for the 

 Warsaw Museum by MM. Jankowski and Kalinowski; the 

 majority from localities between 43° and 46° N. lat., with a 

 few from Vladivostok, among the latter being an example 

 of the Cinereous Vulture ( Vultur monachus), new to Eastern 

 Siberia. Buphus coromandus is recorded for the first time 

 from North China. 



L. — Letters, Announcements , ^c. 



We have received the following letters addressed to the 

 Editors of 'The Ibis :' — 



Sirs,— In 'The Ibis,' 1884 (p. 42), Mr. Seebohm wrote, 

 ''it seems probable that the name of Bubo maximus must be 

 erased from the list of Japan birds." I am happy to be 



