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18§0— Continued. 



Do Hying fish fly? By David S. Jordan. <Amer Naturalist, vol. xiv, No. 

 11, pp. 804-805, November, 1880. 



[Observations on Exocoetus californicus Cooper.] 

 On the flight of the flying fish. By C. O. Whitman. <The Zoologist, Lon- 

 don, Third Series, A^ol. iv. No. 47, November, 1880, pp. 471-481. 

 ["From the Amor. Naturalist for September. Slightly abridged."] 

 Description of a new »\iccies of Xotklarioid shark {Hexanthus cor'uins), from tha 

 Pacific coast of the United States. Bj^ David S. Jordan and Charles H. 

 Gilbert. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, iii, pp. 852-355, Nov. 23-Dec. 21, 1880. 

 \ Heptranchias maculatus, described on pages 353 and 354, Svmninsus microcephalus, 

 Lamna cornubica, and Eulamia sp. are noted as additions to the list of sharlcs on the Pa- 

 ciflc coast.) 



An introduction to the Study of Fishes. By Albert C. L. G. Giinther, M. A., 

 M. D., Ph. D., F. R. S., Keeper of the Zoological Department in the British 

 Museum. Edingburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1880. 

 I West coast species are frequently referred to.) 



CATAIiOOVE OF OL.D IFORIiD BIR1>!!« IN THE UIVITED !9TAT£S 

 NATIONAL. MUSEUM. 



By ROBERT RIOGWAY. 



The following list includes all the species of extra-American birds at 

 present represented in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, 

 numbered, named, and classified according to Gray's "Hand-list."* 



The object of this list is to render apparent the desiderata of the 

 National Museum in the way of Old World birds, so that museums or 

 individuals desiring to make exchanges may know what species are 

 wanted. Genera and subgenera not now in the collection, are the 

 chief desiderata, and as many as possible of them are desired, especially 

 of forms belonging or nearly related to groups which :ire represented iu 

 the American avian fauna. 



Fam. GYP^TID^ (I, p. 1). 

 1. Gypaetus barbatus. 



Fam. VULTURID^. 

 Subfam. Vulturin.^ (I, p. i). 

 3. Vultur monachus. 

 5. Otogyps auricularis. 

 8. Gyps fulvus. 

 11. bengalensis. 



Subfam. Neopiironin^ (I, p. 4). 

 21. Neophron percnopterus. 

 Fam. FALCONID^. 

 Subfam. BuTEOXiNiE (I, p. 6). 

 36. Buteo vulgaris. 

 38. plumipes. (Juv.) 



81. Archibnteo lagopus. 



84. asiaticus. (Juv.) 



85. hemilasius. (Juv.) 



Subfam. Aquilint^ (I, p. 10). 



87. Aquila chrysaetos. 



88. im peri alls. 



91. clanga. 



92. najvia. 



99. Pseudaetus bonelli. 

 100. Hieraaetus pennatus. 

 119. Circaetus gallicus. 

 128. Spilornis holospilus. 

 131. Pandion haliaetus. 

 139. Poliornis poliogenys. (Juv.) 

 144. Haliaeetus albicilla. 

 146. Thalassoaetns pelagicus. (Juv.) 



* Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds, distinguishing those contained in 

 tiie British Museum. By G. R. Gray, F. R. S., etc., Assistant Keeper of the Zoological 

 Collections. 3 vols. 8vo, London : 18G9-1871. 



