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illustrated work, ' Die Eier der Europaischen Vogel/ Though 

 the figures cannot, in our opinion, compete with those of Mr. 

 Hewitson, they possess considerable merit, and are accompanied 

 by a text containing accurately-written notes on the propagation 

 of the different species, in which the author has obtained the 

 assistance of Herr L. Brehm and Herr W. Paessler. The low 

 price of this book — each 4to pai-t of 8 plates and text only 

 costing 12 shillings — ought to secure it an extensive sale. 



The ' Sitzungsberichte ' of the Academy of Sciences of Vienna 

 for January last contain another important contribution to S. 

 American ornithology from the industrious pen of Herr August 

 von Pelzeln : it relates to new species of the genera Synallaxis, 

 Anabates, and Xenops in the Imperial Collection, and is accom- 

 panied by extracts from the late Johann Natterer's notes on the 

 Furna)-iinie and Synallaxina which he met with in Brazil. No 

 less than 20 species of Synallaxis and 17 of Anabates, in all 

 upwards of 50 birds of these two subfamilies, were collected by 

 that indefatigable naturalist. 



The lifLh number of Cabanis' 'Journal fiir Ornithologie/ 

 dated " September 1858," was delivered in London on the 5th of 

 January last. [We venture to hope that it will not be four months 

 before the present part of 'The Ibis' reaches Berlin!] It 

 contains original articles by Max. Prinz zu Wied, on the birds 

 noticed during his travels in N. America; by Dr. Carl Bolle, 

 on a new Finch from Western Africa [Crithagra hartlaubi), and 

 some general notes by F. Boie. There are also some further 

 interesting details concerning the nesting of the Lyre-bird {Me- 

 nura superba), by Herr Becker, of Melbourne, S. A., and other 

 shorter papers. Three nests and three eggs of the Lyre-bird 

 were taken in the Yarra-Yarra mountains, near a station about 

 36 miles from Melbourne, in August 1857, by Mr. F. Williams. 

 The egg of this species was first described and figured in the 

 'Journal fiir Ornithologie' for 1856 (p. 132, pi. 2. fig. 18). 

 The 6th heft of the 'Journal' (for November 1858) is not yet 

 arrived ! 



Of * Naumannia' we have Parts ii. and iii. for last year. In 

 Part ii. is a summary of the progress made in our knowledge 

 of European oology, by the Editor. We hope that ' The Ibis ' 



