Tlie Editors of ' The Ibis ' are glad to receive copies of Books 

 and Papers of any sort relating to Ornithology, whieh will be duly 

 noticed in this Journal. 



List of Publications received since the issue of No. 8 and 



NOT noticed in THE PRESENT NuMBER. 



1. J. C. Merrill. Notes on the Ornitliology of Southern Texas. (Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 1878, pp. 118-173.) 



2. Lettera del Prof. Odoardo Beccari a Giacomo Doria. (Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 xiii. pp. 451-455.) 



3. Lawrence. Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent. (Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1878.) 



4. Lawrence. Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica. (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1878.) 



5. RiDGWAY. Review of the American Species of the Genus Scops. (Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus, 1878.) 



6. RiDGWAY. On a New Humming-bird from Guatemala. (Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1878.) 



7. Barboza du Bocage. Aves das possessoes portuguezas d'Africa occi- 

 dental. Lista xiii. (Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, No. xxiii. 1878.) 



8. Reichenow. Catalog zur vierten Ausstellung der "Aegintha" Verein 

 der Vogelfreimde in Berlin. 



9. Milne-Edwards. Remarques sur le genre Mesites et sur la place qu'il 

 doit occuper dans la s^rie Ornithologique. (Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 6^ ser. t. vii. art. 

 no. 6.) 



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RULES FOR ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE, 



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