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BlANCOXI, J. J. 



Recherches sur les affinites nafurelles de /^-Epyoruis. Compt. 

 Rend. Ixx. p. 162, 1870. 



Contains remarks upon the affinities of Jipyornis maxima, 

 based upon an examination of a femur and tibia of that species. 



Blanford, W. T. 



1. Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia, 

 made during the progress of the British Expedition through 

 that country in 1867-68. With Illustrations and Geolo- 

 gical Maps. London : 1870. 8vo, pp. 487. 



This work has been already noticed in these pages [cf. Ibis, 

 1870, p. 501). The illustrations represent Eremomela grisei- 

 flava, Ileugl., Hirundo athiopica, Phylloscopus abyssinicus, Ruti- 

 cilla (?) fuscicaudata, Alauda pretermissa, Crithagra flavivertex, 

 and Pratincola semitorquata, Heugl. 



2. List of Birds obtained in the Irawadi valley around Ava, 

 Thayet Myo, and Bassein. Ibis, 1870, pp. 462-470. 



This is a list of birds collected in 1861-62, 113 in number. 

 Precise localities where they were obtained are given, and also 

 notes on many of the species. 



3. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 533. 



On the female of Cyornis tickellice, on the supposed identity 

 of Erylhrosterna leucura and E. parva, and on the range of 

 Circus melanoleucus. Also remarks on the " so-called " Indian 

 Region. 



Blyth, Edward. 



Notes relating chiefly to the Birds of India. Ibis, 1870, pp. 

 157-176. 



These notes have especial reference to specimens in the Leyden 

 Museum, and were made during an inspection of that collection 

 in the autumn of 1869. The following new species are de- 

 scribed : — Picus ivestermanni, from a specimen labelled " Hima- 

 laya" in the Amsterdam Museum; Cyornis simplex, Geocichla 

 mutabilis, Abrornis schivaneri, A. atricapillu, Sylvia presbytes, 

 and S. virescens. Several of these species are described with the 

 MS. names of S, Muller and Temniinck, under which they ap- 

 peared in the Leyden Museum. 



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