422 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



BoARDMAN, George A. 



The Labrador Duck. Am. Nat. iii. p. 383. 



A note on the supposed occurrence of CamptolcEmua labradorus 

 on Long Island in 1868. No reason has as yet been given for 

 the singular disappearance of this species, once so common, within 

 the last few years. 



BocAGE, J. V. Barboza du. 



1. Aves das possessdesporti/giiezasd' Africa occidental. Quarta 

 Lisia. Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1870, pp. 333-352. 



The 135 species mentioned in this list are from various points 

 in the Portuguese possessions in West Africa, the precise 

 locality in each case being given. There is a long note on 

 Buteo auguralis, Salvad. ; and a Cypselus, supposed to belong to 

 a new species, is described but not named. Besides these and 

 other notes, the following are described as new species : — Anthus 

 angolensis, Turdus verreauxi, Oriolus anderssoni, Telephonus an- 

 chietcE, Lamprocolius acuticaudus, and Francolinus hartlaubi. At 

 the end of the article several corrections are made to previous 

 papers on the same subject. {Cf. Boc. Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ii., iv., v.) 



2. Note sur une noiivelle espece de Pelican. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 173. 



The Pelican here described is called Pelecanus sharpii; and its 

 characters are given. 



3. Note sur lejeune de I'annee du Pelecanus sharpii. P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 409. 



Describes the plumage of the young of this new Pelican from 

 Angola. 



Brazier, John. 



Notes on Gracula Kreffti. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 551-552. 



Brewer, T. M. 



Sea-side Ornithology. Am. Nat. iii. pp. 223-235. 



A popular account of some of the birds found on the coast of 

 New England. 



Brooke, Sir Victor. 



Letter f-om. Ibis, 1870, p. 538. 



On the occurrence of Astur atricapillus in Ireland. 



