On the Birds of Paraguay, 53 



Besides copies of all the sumptuously-illustrated monographs, the 

 Library is especially rich in " Old Authors " — rather a hobby of 

 Newton's, — many of them reputed to be of great value. lie was 

 well known as a bibliophile, but whether a book or pamphlet was 

 old or new, he never hesitated to write freely in it critical notes, 

 cross-references which he alone knew of, corrected dates, &c, and 

 thus he greatly enhanced the value of his books to anyone who may 

 wish to consult them. 



The Newton Library is not a public nor a lending library, but 

 every facility for its study in a well-fitted room is, and will always 

 be, gladly given. 



Some impatience has been shown about the accessibility 

 of these collections of books and eggs. Their sudden ac- 

 cession raised several difficult problems. Not only does it 

 take time to sort and rearrange such an influx, but it 

 requires space in an already more than crowded museum : 

 and (given time and space) also binding, cabinets, show- 

 cases, catalogues, all costing money, which is well known 

 to be scarce in the case of our Alma Mater. 



III. — On the Birds of Paraguay. By Charles Chubb, 

 Zoological Department, British Museum*. 



(Text-figure 1.) 



The collection on which this paper is based was made by 

 Mr. W. Foster in the neighbourhood of Sapucay in 1902, 1903. 

 and 1904. I was in hopes that Mr. Foster would have been 

 able to send me some account of the locality and the 

 circumstances under which the collection was made, but I 

 have not yet heard from him on the subject. 



Sapucay, as will be seen by the map (text-fig. 1, p. 54), is 

 situated in about 57° W. Long, and 27° S. Lat. It is on the 

 railway between Asuncion and Ybytimi. 



Since the time of Azara, several isolated papers have 

 appeared dealing with the birds of Paraguay, but I do 

 not believe that any collection of such magnitude as that 



* Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum. 



