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minutus, and Kenopia striata. Lastly, a copious index of no 

 less than forty-eight pages concludes this work, which must 

 be considered of first-rate importance in its bearing on our 

 knowledge of the ornithology of the islands of the Indian 

 archipelago. 



The nnmerous notes relating to the nests and eggs of Indian 

 birds communicated to him by his correspondents are con- 

 tinued by Mr. Hume in a second part of his ' Nests and Eggs 

 of Indian Birds ' *, which has lately reached us. A third, not 

 yet to hand, was expected to be ready in December last. 

 Besides original matter, many extracts are given bearing upon 

 the subjects treated of; so that the path of the Indian orni- 

 thologist is greatly smoothed when desirous of breaking fresh 

 ground. 



We have not detected any descriptions of new species in 

 this volume; but one new generic name {Pycnorhamphus) is in- 

 troduced, with Hesperophona icterioides, Vigors, as the type, 

 but of which no characters are given {cf. Gray, H.-l. ii. p. 88). 



We have also received two small works by M. Neree Que- 

 part, to which we would draw attention. One f contains a full 

 account of the Goldfinch {Carduelis elegans), both as regards 

 its history, habits, mode of capture, and other points of inter- 

 est. The other J is a catalogue of the resident and migratory 

 birds found in the environs of Paris. In this catalogue only 

 fifty-three species are included (a very small number it seems 

 to us), though the exclusion of stragglers doubtless makes 

 the total considerably less than if they were also enumerated. 



Since we announced the first two livraisons of M. Mulsant^s 

 work on the Trochilidse§ in October last (Ibis, 1874, p. 453), 



* Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds. By Allan Hume. Rough Draft, 

 Part II. Large 8vo, pp. 237-480. Calcutta : 1874. 



t Monographie du Chardonneret. Par N^ree Quepart. Svo. Paris : 

 1873. 



J Omithologie Parisienne ou Catalogue des Oiseaux sedentaires et de 

 passage qui vivent a I'etat sauvage dans I'enceinte de la ville de Paris. 

 Par Neree Quepart. 12mo. Paris : 1874. 



§ Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouclies ou Colibris coustituant la 

 famille des Trochilidds. Par E. Mulsant et feu Edouard Verreaux. Ou- 



