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42. Barboza dii Bocage's List of his Scientific Papers. 



[Piiblica^oes Scientificas da J. V. Barboza du Bocage (1857-1901). 

 Lisboa, 1901.] 



This is a useful list of scientific memoirs and papers of 

 Prof. J. V. Barboza du 13ocage, F.M.Z.S., whose name is well 

 known to us from the excellent work he has done on the 

 ornithology of the Portuguese possessions in Africa. The 

 titles of 177 publications are given (1857-1901) and ex- 

 planatory notes are added. 



43. Blanford on the Distribution of Indian Animals. 



[The Distribution of Vertebrate Animals in India, Ceylon, and Burma. 

 By W. T. Blanford, F.R.S. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. ser. B, vol. 194, 

 pp. 335-436 (1901).] 



We have already mentioned this excellent and instructive 

 memoir in allusion to the abstract of it published in the 

 Royal Society's ^Proceedings' (see Ibis, 1901, p. 723), and 

 have not much to add on the present occasion. The con- 

 clusions arrived at, after a careful study of the whole of the 

 Vertebrate Fauna, are stated at the enri, and are illustrated 

 by a map in which the proposed divisions of che Indian 

 Fauna are clearly shown. 



44. Burckhardt on the supposed Antarctic Continent. 



[Das Problem des antarktischen Schiipfungscentrums vom Standpunlit 

 der Ornithologie. Von Prof. Rud. Burckhardt. Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.) xv. 

 Heft 07.] 



Prof. Burckhardt discusses at some length the question 

 of the former existence of an Antarctic Continent from an 

 ornithological point of view, and comes to the conclusion 

 that the evidence on this suliject, svipposed to be provided by 

 the Ratitse and their distribution, gives no support to the 

 theory. 



45. Chapman on new Peruvian Birds. 



[Descriptions of Six apparently New Birds from Peru, By Frank M . 

 Chapman. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. xiv. pp. 235-228.] 



INIr. Chapman describes the following new species and 

 subspecies represented in a collection of about one hundred 



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