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pictures be otherwise than life-like ? The four parts of last year's 

 ' Proceedings' together form a volume of nearly double the usual 

 thickness, and accompanied by no less than 45 plates. The 

 papers relating to Ornithology in the last part are the following : 

 — " Characters of five new species of American Birds " (p. 446), 

 and " List of Birds collected by Mr. Louis Eraser at Cuenca, 

 Gualaquiza, and Zamora in the Republic of Ecuador'' (p. 449), 

 by P. L. Sclater : " Synopsis generis Fringillini, Erythrurce," 

 by Dr. G. Hartlaub (p. 461) : "Notes on the habits of the Scy- 

 tliroj)s novce hollandice" by Dr. G. Bennett of Sydney (p. 462) : 

 " Notes on the habits, haunts, &c., of some of the Birds of In- 

 dia," by Dr. A. L. Adams (p. 466) : " On two species of Ant- 

 birds in the collection of the Derby Museum " (p. 540), and 

 "Note on the genus Cichlopsis of Cabanis" (p. 541), by P. L. 

 Sclater : " On the Indian Pheasants bred in the Menagerie," 

 by D. W. Mitchell (p. 544), and " On the Birds collected by 

 Mr. Praser in the vicinity of Riobamba in Ecuador," by P. L. 

 Sclater (p. 549). Beautiful figures of the eggs and young of 

 the species of Indian Phasianidce, bred in the Society's Gardens 

 [Lophophorus impeyanus, Catreus wallichii, Gallophasis horsfieldi, 

 G. albocristatus and G. melanotus), are given. The latter are 

 copied from Mr. Wolf's drawings in the portfolio of the Society. 

 The first of the two numbers of Mr. Gould's ' Birds of Asia' 

 for the present year is now ready, forming Part II. of this great 

 work. It contains figures of 



Gennteus nycthemerus, of China. 

 Dendrochelidon coronatus, of India. 

 „ klecho, of Java. 



„ wallacei, of Celebes. 



„ mystaceus, of New Guinea. 



„ comatus, of Eastern Malasia. 



Harpactes duvauceli, of Sumatra and Borneo. 



„ rutilus, of Malacca. 

 Amydrus tristrami, of Palestine. 

 Merula castanea, of Northern Ilindostan. 

 „ albocincta, of ,, 

 „ boulboul, of ,, „ 



Parus dichrous, of Nepal. 

 „ rubidiventris, of Ne])al. 

 ,, rufoniichaUs , of N.W. India, 

 ,, melanolophus, of ., 



