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100. Sharpens 'Monograph of the Paradiseidae/ 



[Monograph of the Puradiseidce, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilono- 

 rhynchidce, or Bower-Birds. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S., &c. 

 Part JN. Folio. London : Il.'Sotheran & Co., 1895.] 



The fourth part of this splendidly illustrated Avork is now 

 before us. 



The following species are figured in it : — 



Drepanornis bruijni. Phonygania keraiidreni. 



cervinicauda. Cnemophilus macgregori. 



Uranornis rubra. ^lurcedus arfakianiis. 



Diphyllodes chrysoptera. melanotis. 



Lophorhina superba. bnccoides. 



We remark that Dr. Sharpe states that he has proposed 

 a new generic name (quite unnecessarily in our opinion) for 

 Drepanornis bruijni. But lie gives us no reference to where 

 this new name {Drepananax) was published. 



101. Shufeldt on the Crane-tribe. 



[On the Osteology of certain Cranes, Rails, and their Allies, with 

 Remarks upon their Affinites. By R. \V. Shufeldt, M.D. Journ. of 

 Anat. & Phys. xxix. p. 21.] 



The author having studied numerous skeletons of American 

 Paludicolse, offers remarks on the osteology of that group, 

 which he considers to embrace two '^ superfamilies " — Grui- 

 oidea and Ralloidea — the former containing the Gruidae and 

 Aramidse, and the latter the Rallidae. We believe this to be 

 a very natural arrangement, but there is certainly little 

 novelty about it. 



XXXII. — Letters, Extracts, Notices, &^c. 



We have received the following letters, addressed " to the 

 Editors " :— 



9 Elm Street, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.A. 

 March 1, 1895. 



Sirs, — We note with a good deal of surprise that 

 Mr. Ogilvie Grant (see above, p. 112) has re-discovered 



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