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39. Lawrence on a new Subspecies of Loxigilla. 



[Description of a new Subspecies of LoxicjiUa from the Island of St. 

 Christopher, West Indies. By George N, Lawrence. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1881, p. 204.] 



Mr. Lawrence describes the form of Loxigilla portoricensis 

 which occurs on St. Kitts as " var. grandis." It differs from 

 the Portorican bird in its rather larger size^ and in the colour 

 of its under wing-coverts. 



40. Marschall and Pelzeln's ' Ornis Vindobonensis.' 



[Ornis Vindobonensis. Die Yogelwelt Wiens und seiner Umgebungen 

 mit eiueni Anhaiig : die Vogel des Neusiedler See's. Von August Fried- 

 rich, Grafen Marschall, und August von Pelzeln. 8vo. Wieu : 1882.] 



The names of the authors of the present memoir on the 

 birds of the environs of Vienna are a sufficient guarantee 

 that the work has been carefully and elaborately prepared. 

 The '' ornis vindobonensis/^ according to Count Marschall 

 and Herr von Pelzeln^ comprehends 287 species. Amongst 

 those which would be of special interest to western ornitho- 

 logists we notice JJpupa epops, Calamodijta fluviatilis, and 

 Erytlirosterna parva in the category of breeding species. 

 A list of the birds of the Neusiedler See is appended^ amongst 

 which there are 25 species that have not yet occurred in the 

 district of Vienna. . 



41. Nordenskiold's ' Voyage of the ' Vega'.' 



[The Voyage of the ' Vega ' round Asia and Europe, with a Historical 

 Eeview of previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World. 

 By A. E. Nordenskiold. Translated by Alexander Leslie. 2 vols. 

 Royal 8vo. London: 1881.] 



The scientific work of the voyage of the ' Vega ' will be 

 hereafter published in a more elaborate form. But few 

 naturalists will omit to read Baron Nordenskiold's most 

 interesting narrative, in which will be found a special chapter 

 (vol. i. ch. iii.) devoted to the birds and mammals of Novaya 

 Zemlya, and an account of the birds of the Chukch peninsula 

 (vol. ii. p. 42), Avhere Eurynorhynchus pygmcBUs was "served 



