Letters, Announcements, S^c. 607 



109. Salvin's Catalogue of the Birds in the Strickland Col- 

 lection. 



[A Catalogue of the Collection of Birds formed by the late Hugh 

 Edwin Stricklaud, M.A. By Osbert Salviu, M.A., F.R.S. 8vo. Cam- 

 bridge, 1882.] 



The collection of birds in skin formed by Strickland (who 

 died in 1853) was presented to the University of Cambridge 

 in 1867 by his widow. Mr. Salvin has now finished and. 

 issued the present catalogue of the collection^ on which he 

 has been engaged for several years. The series consists of 

 6006 skinSj referable to 3125 species. The arrangement 

 adopted is that of Sclater and Salvin^s ' Nomenclator/ the 

 Old- World genera being intercalated. 



110. Sclater' s Jacamars and Puff-birds. 



[A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds, or Families Galbulidce 

 and Bucconidce. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.Pt.S., &c. Part vii. 

 4to : London, 1882. Published for the author, by R. H. Porter, 6 Ten- 

 terden Street, W.] 



The seventh part, issued in July last, contains figures of 

 Chelidoptera tenebrosa and C. brasiliensis, together with the 

 title-page, preface, contents, &c., and completes the work. 



XLIV. — Letters, Announcements, ^c. 



We have received the following letters addressed to the 

 Editors of^The Ibis :^— 



Dresden, July 5, 1882. 

 Royal Zoological Museum. 



Sirs, — I beg leave to mention that the skin and skeleton 

 of a specimen of Notornis mantelli, which were exhibited by 

 Prof. Newton at the Meeting of the Zoological Society on 

 January 17 (see P. Z. S. 188.2, p. 97), have been acquired by 

 the Royal Zoological Museum of Dresden. The bones and 

 sknll having been taken out of the skin, I have restored 

 the skeleton as far as possible ; and the skin has been stuffed 

 with the utmost care. I intend to figure the skeleton in my 



