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Casuarius bennettii, from New Britain. 

 Petroica (?) cervinioentris, from N. Australia. 

 Chrysococcyx minutillus, from N. Australia. 

 Zosterops albigularis, from Norfolk Island. 



tenidrostris, from Norfolk Island. 



Spatula variegata, from New Zealand. 

 Chlamydera cerviniventris, from N. Australia. 

 Merula poliocephala, from Norfolk Island. 

 Gelochelidon macrotarsa, from N. Australia. 



The first part of the ' Illustrated Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society^ for 1859 was published some time ago, and the second 

 part, containing all papers read up to the end of the last meet- 

 ing (June 28th), will be ready in a few days. The papers on 

 Ornithology in the ' Proceedings ' are many and voluminous, and 

 the system now adopted by the Society of issuing them in parts 

 renders the information concerning the many interesting novel- 

 ties, which are continuallybrought before their scientific meetings, 

 readily available to the public. The part of the ' Transactions' 

 recently published (vol. iv. part 6) also contains several papers 

 on Ornithology, namely by the late W. J. Broderip and the late 

 H. E. Strickland on subjects connected with the Natural History 

 of the Dodo ; by Dr. Kaup on the Owls {Strigida), and by P. L. 

 Sclater on new Accipitres belonging to the collection of the Nor- 

 wich Museum, Mr. Wolf's plates, illustrating the latter subject, 

 are among the most happy of his performances. The 'Report 

 of the Council of the Zoological Society' read at the Anniversary 

 Meeting in April last, gives an arranged list of the animals then 

 living at the Gardens. The number of species of birds exhibited 

 was 317, namely — 



Natatores 51 



Grallatores 39 



Struthiones 7 



Gallinaeeae 26 



Columbae 17 



Scansores 79 



Insessores 55 



Raptores 43 



Mr. Bree's first volume of ' Birds of Europe not observed in 

 the British Isles ' is completed, and the second commenced with 

 Part XVI. We do not believe that Txos obscurus has ever oc- 

 curred in Europe. See Dr. Hartlaub's remarks in Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1858, p. 292. On the other hand, Turdus rujicollis cer- 



