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Godwin-Austen, Major H. 



1 . A List of Birds obtained in the Khasi and North Cachar 

 Hills. J. A. S. B. 1870, pt. ii. p. 91. 



A list of 207 species obtained in this hitherto unexplored dis- 

 trict, accompanied by many useful remarks. The nomencla- 

 ture and classification are from Dr. Jerdon's 'Birds of India ;■" 

 and Dr. Jerdon has determined the doubtful species. Species 

 newly described are Pumatorhinus m'clellandi, Jerdon, and Tro- 

 chahpteron austeni, Jerdon. 



2. Second List of Birds obtained in the Khasi and North 

 Cachar Hill-ranges, including the Garo Hills and country at 

 their base, in the Mymensing and Sylhet district. J. A. S. B. 

 1870, pt. ii. p. 264. 



A supplementary paper to the last mentioned, containing re- 

 sults of the collecting-seasons of 1869-70. It includes notices 

 of 148 species, principally from the southern base of the 

 Khasi and Garo Hills, and from the Garo Hills themselves. 

 Rare species met with were Tardinus brevicaudatus, Blyth, and 

 Garrulax gularis, McLelland. Others, undetermined, arc re- 

 served for subsequent examination. 



Gould, John. 



1. The Birds of Asia. Part xxii. London: 1870. 



The customary yearly part of this great work of Mr. Gould^s 

 bears the date March 1st, 1870. The subjects figured are : — 

 Alcedo grandis, Sturnus purpurascens, Scops pennatus, Athene 

 brodiei, Syrnium ocellatum, Phodilus badius, Crossoptilon auritum, 

 Polyplectron bicalcaratum, Euspiza melanocephala, E. luteola, 

 Emheriza cinerea, Megalcema franklini, Vivia innominata, Sasia 

 ochracea, S. abnormis, Rimator malacoptilus. Some of these 

 species are from the most distant parts of the continent of Asia 

 and the adjoining islands, and some from Asia Minor. 



2. The Birds of Great Britain. Parts xvii., xviii. London : 

 1870. 



Mr. Gould keeps making steady progress in this work. The 

 two parts issued in 1870 include plates of the following species : 

 — Corvus comix, Aquila ncevia, Pandion haliaetus, Aedon ga- 

 lactodes, Emberiza pusilla, Somateria mollissima, S. spectahilis, 



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