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issued in two volumes, the first of which is nearly ready, if 

 not already out. It will contain descriptions of all the species 

 of birds known to occur within the limits of British Burmah 

 and the state of Karennee, about 800 in number. 



Mr. C. B. Cory, of Boston, informs us that he has a col- 

 lector at work in San Domingo, and will probably have a 

 volume on the birds of that island ready in the course of 

 next year. 



M. Taczanowski is working hard on bis ' Avifauna of 

 Peru/ in wbicli will be given an account of all the birds 

 hitherto recoKled as having occurred within the limits of that 

 Republic, including those obtained by Haukswell, Bates, 

 Bartlett, and other travellers on the Peruvian Amazons. The 

 total number of species embraced in this extensive district 

 will not be less than 1300, and probably more nearly 1400. 

 M. Taczanowski was in London most of last February, engaged 

 in examining the Peruvian birds in the collections of Mr. 

 Sclater and Messrs. Salvin and Godman and in the British 

 Museum, and on leaving Londoa proceeded to Paris for the 

 purpose of consulting the specimens in the Jardin des Plantes. 

 His work will probably be printed in France. 



We are glad to be able to announce that the final sheets of 

 ' The Ibis ' ' List of British Birds ' have been corrected, and 

 that the list will be ready for distribution very shortly. 



The Birds of Timor Laid. — At the Meeting of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society held on the 20th February last, Mr. Sclater 

 gave an account of the birds collected by Mr. H. O, Forbes, 

 F.Z.S., during his recent expedition to Timor Laut, and 

 exhibited the specimens. The species were fifty-five in 

 number, fifteen of which were described as new to science 

 under the following names: — Ninox forbesi, Strix sororcula, 

 Tamjgnathus subuffinis, Monarcha castas, Monarcha mun~ 

 dus, Rhipidura hamadryas, Myiagra fulviventris, Microsca 

 hemixantha, Graucalus unimodus, Lalage mcesta, Pachyce- 

 phala arctitorquis, Dicceum fulgidum, Myzomela annabellce, 

 Calornis crassa, and Megapodius tenimberensis. The general 

 facies of the avifauna, as thus indicated, was stated to be 



