358 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



on previous authorities, Mr. Merriam gives a general list of 

 the birds, mentioning their times of oecurrence and relative 

 abundance, and adding notes on the habits and distribution 

 of some of the less common forms. Altogether 291 species 

 are recognized as occurring within the limits of Connecticut. 

 Mr. Merriam adds, in a tabular form, lists of the residents, 

 summer and winter visitants, and accidental visitors, and a 

 list of previous authorities on the birds of New England. 



62. Meyer on the Sexes o/Eclectus, 



[Noch einmal die Gesclilechtsverscliiedenlieiteu in der Papageicngat- 

 tuug Echctus (Wagler). Zool. Garten, Jahrg. xix. 



Dr. A. B. Meyer replies to some observations made by 

 Herr von Rosenberg in a former number of ' Der zoologische 

 Garten,^ and shows that the evidence is now overwhelming 

 in favour of the view that the green and red Eclecti are males 

 and females of the same species, 



63. Moseley's ' Naturalist on the Challenger.' 



[Notes by a Naturalist on the ' Challenger,' heing an account of various 

 Observations made during the Voyage of H.M.S. ' Challenger ' round the 

 World in the years 1872-76, under the command of Sir G. S. Nares, R.N., 

 K.O.B., and Capt. F. T. Thomson, R.N. By H. N. Moseley, M.A., F.R.S. 

 8vo: London, 1879.J 



No naturalist should omit to read Mr. Moseley^s ' Notes.' 

 They will be found to be replete with interest in every branch 

 of biology. To the ornithologist the accounts of the breeding- 

 places of the Penguins, Noddies, Boobies, and Albatrosses 

 and other oceanic birds will be especially agreeable. That 

 Pelecanus fuscus is good for food is new to us (p. 15). The 

 scientific names of the birds are not always correctly given "^^ 

 and require revision in a second edition. 



64. Miiller on the Vocal Organs of the Passeres. 



[Johannes Miiller on certain Variations in the Vocal Organs of the 

 Passeres that have hitherto escaped notice, the translation by F. .feftrey 

 Bell, B.A. Edited, with an Appendix, by A. II. Garrod, M.A. 4to : 

 Oxford, 1878.] 



This well-known and most important memoir is now ren- 



* E. g. see pp. 53, 55. 



