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observed by him during his North American journey twenty-five 

 years ago. Had this been pubhshed soon after his return, it is 

 probable that the species to which he gives names as undescribed 

 might have been really new. It is, however, hardly likely that 

 they can have escaped the penetrating researches of the Ameri- 

 cans up to the present time. Brehm^s ' Singing-birds of Spain ' 

 well merits perusal. Under the head of Dromolaea leucura, 

 which he observed in that country, he takes the opportunity of 

 describing two new species from Egypt, DromolcBa leucocephala 

 and D. leucopygia (Journ. f. Orn. 1858, pp. 62 and 66). We 

 believe them to be well-founded, having lately examined examples 

 of both, obtained by Mr. Tristram in the Algerian Sahara, in 

 Heft ii. Dr. Boilers paper on the Wild Canary, and Prof. Bur- 

 meister^s Ornithological letter from Mendoza are both of a very 

 interesting nature. The Turdus anthracinus, mentioned by the 

 latter author as one of the true Thrushes occurring in the 

 vicinity of Mendoza, is doubtless D'Orbigny^s Turdus fuscater, 

 of which Mr. Bridges obtained specimens in the same locality. 

 Heft iii. contains the commencement of a very elaborate article 

 on the Anatomy and General History of the Cuckoo by Dr. Opel. 

 A note from Herr von Homeyer seems to confirm Dr. Gloger's 

 views as to the distinctness of Carbo desmaresti of the Eastern 

 Mediterranean. In Heft 4 is the second part of Dr. OpeFs essay 

 on Cuculus, at the end of which (p. 306) will be found the 

 results at which the author has arrived as to the causes of its 

 singular method of propagation. Professor Alex, von Nordmann 

 communicates observations on the Nesting of the \^'^axen Chatterer 

 [Ampelis garrula). We beg to remind him that our countryman 

 Mr. John Wolley is entitled to the whole merit of this discovery. 

 The nest and eggs were first taken by Mr. Wolley in June 1856, 

 and were exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological Society held 

 on the 24th of March, 1857. If the Professor will refer to the 

 Illustrated volume of Proceedings for that year, he will find not 

 only a full description, but a figure of both nest and eggs. 



Of ' Naumanuia ' for 1858 we have only received the first part. 

 It contains amongst other things an account of the birds of the 

 Cyclades by Dr. Erhard. Fifty-two species are given as per- 

 manent residents, 77 as winter visitants, 62 as birds of passage 



