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from April to July 1878. The 312 examples are referred to 

 105 species^ of which 14 are new to the fauna of Angola 

 and 13 are new to science. These are Caprimulgus shelleyi, 

 allied to C. pectoralis, and 12 other species described in the 

 'Melanges Ornithologiques.' 



50. Barrows' s Catalogue of the Alcidae. 



[Catalogue of Alcidae contained in the Museum of the Boston Society 

 of Natural History. With a review and proposed classification of the 

 the family. By W. B. Barrows. Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. xix. p. 150.] 



Mr. Barrows adopts Dr. Coues's definition of the family 

 {cf. Proc. Phil. Ac. Nat. Sci. 1868, p. 14), and recognizes 

 21 species divided into 7 genera. After describing these, 

 and cataloguing the specimens in the Academy^s Museum, 

 he adds some general remarks on the arrangement and 

 classification of the family, which he does not think can be 

 subdivided into groups higher than generic. 



51. Beccari's Ornithological Letter from Sumatra. 

 [Lettera del Prof. Odoardo Beccari a Giacomo Doria. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Genova, xiii. p. 405.] 



Prof. Beccari^s letter is dated from Kaja Tunam in 

 Sumatra, September 8, 1878, and gives some interesting 

 notes on the birds of that district. 



52. Bendire on the Birds of South-eastern Oregon. 



[Notes on some of the Birds found in South-eastern Oregon, particularly 

 in the vicinity of Camp Harney, from November 1874 to January 1877. 

 By Captain Ch. Bendire, U.S. Army. Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. xix. 

 p. 109.] 



Captain Bendire gives us notes of 191 species of birds 

 met with in South-eastern Oregon, principally near Camp 

 Harney, which is situated on the southern slope of one 

 of the western spurs of the Blue Mountains, at an alti- 

 tude o£ about 4800 feet above the sea-level. The list is 

 compiled from materials in the hands of Lieut. G. R. Bacon, 

 U.S.A., and from personal observations. 



Oreoscoptes montanus is a common summer resident and 

 superb songster. Pipilo chlorurus was found breeding. 

 Falco polyagru% was not rare. 



