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' Rivista/ has received valuable assistance from Dr. Otto Finsch, 

 which is freely acknowledged. Two plates are appended to this 

 paper, one representing Eremomela canescens and Nectarinia acik, 

 the other Drymatca antinorii and D. troglodytes — the last being 

 identical with the D. ferruginea figured (not too faithfully, it is 

 said) in our last yearns volume (Ibis, 1869, pi. iii. fig, 2). 



Professor Bianconi has brought to a conclusion his studies of 

 the tarso-raetatarsus of birds, the first instalment of which was 

 .noticed in ' The Ibis^ long ago (1864, p. 399). His object has 

 been to determine the affinities of ^pyornis ; and he arrives at 

 the conclusion that it was a Vulture, and probably tlie veritable 

 "Roc^' of Marco Polo. Whether his opinion has undergone 

 any change since the recent discoveries of M. Graudidier, so 

 elaborately laid before the world by Professor Alphonse Milne- 

 Edwards (Ann. Sci. Nat. 5e ser. xii. pp. 167-196), we do not 

 know, but we can hardly imagine any one now doubting that, 

 whether " Roc " or not, yEpyornis was allied to the struthious 

 birds. These papers of Prof. Bianconi^s are published, like 

 the former one, in the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences of 

 Bologna. 



9. Portuguese. 



In the ' Jornal de Sciencias ' of Lisbon for the present year 

 Prof, du Bocage has published a Fourth List of Birds from the 

 Portuguese possessions in Western Africa, sent thence by Sr. 

 Anchieta, to whom so much was previously due (Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 117), and Srs. Toulsou and Freitas Branco. This list con- 

 tains notes on 135 species, of which some are described as new : — 

 a Cypselus, left unnamed, Anthus angolensis, Turdus verreauxi, 

 Oriolus anderssoni (cf. supra, pp. 218-220), Telephonus anchietce, 

 Lamprocolius acuticaudus and Francolinus hartlaubi. In thanking 

 the author for his kindness in forwarding us a copy of this list, 

 upon which we regret that we have not space to dwell, we wish 

 him every facility for the continuance of his valuable labours. 



10. American. 



It is rather difficult to decide under what heading to include a 

 book written by a citizen of the United States, illustrated by a 



