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Publications Received. — Allen, J. A. On a Collection of Birds from 

 Cliapacia, Matto Grosso, Brazil, made by Mr. Herbert H. Smith. Part I. 

 Oscines. (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., HI, No. 2, pp. 337-380.) 



Baur, G. On the Origin of the Galapagos Islands. (Am. Nat., 

 March, 1S91, pp. 217-226.) 



Biittikofer, J. On a Collection of Birds from Flores, Samao and Timor. 

 (Notes from Lejden Mus., XHI, pp. 210-216.) 



Cherrie, George K. Notes on Costa Rican Birds. (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., XIV, pp. 517-537-) 



Dresser, H. E. (i) Notes on Some of the Rarer Pala;arctic Birds. 

 (Ibis, July, 1S91.) (2) On a Collection of Birds from Erzeroom. (^Ibid.) 



Fannin, John. Check List of British Columbia Birds. 8vo. pp. 49. 

 Victoria, B.C., Sept., 1891. 



Hartert, Ernst. Katalog der Vogelsammlung im Museum der Sencken- 

 bergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. 8vo. 

 pp. 259. Frankfurt a. M., Jan., 1891. 



Jackel, And. Joh. Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel Bayerns. 8vo. 

 pp. xxiv-f-392. Miinchen und Leipzig, 1891. 



MacFarlane, R. Notes on and List of Birds and Eggs Collected in 

 Arctic America. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, pp. 413-446.) 



Meyer, A. B. Ueber Vdgel von Neu Guinea und Neu Britannien. 

 (Abh. u. Ber. d. K. Zool. u. Anthr. Eth. Mus. zu Dresden, No. 4.) 



Packard, A. S. The Labrador Coast. A Journal of Two Summer 

 Cruises to that Region. With Notes on its Early Discovery, on the 

 Eskimo, on its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History. 8vo. 

 pp. 513, maps and illustrations. New York, N. D. C Hodges, 1891. 



Reichenow, Anton. (i) Uebersicht der von Dr. Emin Pascha auf 

 seiner Reise von Bagamojo bis Tabora gesammelten Vdgel. (J. f. Orn., 

 Apr., 1891.) (2) Ueber eine Vogelsammlung von den Fidschi-Inseln. 

 {Ibid., Apr., 1891.) (3) Bericht iiber die Leistungen in der Naturge- 

 schichte der Vogel wjihrend des Jahres 1888. (Arch. f. Naturgesch., Jahrg. 

 18S9.) 



Ridgway, R. (i) Description of a New Species of Whippoorwill from 

 Costa Rica. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p. 465.) (2) Notes on Some 

 Birds from the Interior of Honduras. (Ibid., pp. 467-471.) (3) Note on 

 Pachyrhampkus albinucJia'Bui-meis.teY. ( /<!'/V/., p. 479.) (4) Description 

 of Two Supposed New Forms of Thamnophilus. {Ibid., p. 4S1.) (5) 

 Description of a New Sharp-tailed Sparrow from California. {Ibid., p. 

 483.) (6) Notes on the Genus Sittasomiis of Swainson. {Ibid., pp. 507- 



509-) 



Sclater, P. L. (i) The Geographical Distribution of Birds; an Address 



delivered before the Second International Ornithological Congress at 

 Budapest, May, 1891. Svo. pp. 45. Budapest, 1891. (2) On Recent Ad- 

 vances in our Knowledge of the Geographical Distribution of Birds. 

 (Ibis, 1891, pp. 514-5570 



Sharpe, R. B. (i) On the Ornithology of Northern Borneo. (Ibis, 

 18SS-90.) (2) Descriptions of three new Species of Flycatchers. {Ibid.j 



