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Letters, Announcements, ^c. 575 



126. Taczanowski on the Birds of Kamtschatha. 



[Liste des Oiseaux recueillies par le Dr. Dybowski an Kamtschatka et 

 dans les iles Comandores. Tom. cit. p. 419.] 



Out of these collections sent by Dr. Dybowski, only two, 

 containing tlie smaller birds, bave arrived, the birds of prey 

 and the sea-birds having been more than a year on tlieir way ; 

 so that this Catalogue is issued subject to revision. The 

 peninsula of Kamtschatka is stated to be very poor in land- 

 birds, both as regards species and numbers ; and although not 

 persecuted they are remarkably shy. The list contains Q7 

 species, Sitta albifrons being described as new, and charac- 

 terized by its long bill and white edge to the wing-coverts. 

 Only a few species appear to have been obtained on the 

 Comandores, one of them being Corydalla gustavi, Swinh., 

 which nests there. 



127. Tschusi zu Schniidhofen and E. F. von Homey er on 

 Austro- Hungarian Birds. 



[ Verzeichniss der bisher in Oesterreich und Ungarn beobacliteten Vogel. 

 Von Victor Ritter von Tschusi zu Sclimidliofen in Verbiudung niit Eug. 

 Ferd. von Homeyer.] 



A list of the 394 species of birds found in Austria and 

 Hungary, drawn up in six columns, with the Latin and 

 German, Hungarian, Bohemian, Polisb, Croatian, and Italian 

 vernacular names (where such exist) for each. Up to a cer- 

 tain point this polyglot version may be useful to ornitholo- 

 gists in coming to an understanding with the people of the 

 country. 



XLII. — Letters, Announcements, ^c. 



Ordnance Office, Dublin, 

 20tli August, 1883, 



Sjrs^ — Understanding that much interest is felt in the 

 breeding-habits of the Rose-coloured Starling {Pastor roseus), 

 more commonly called the Locust-bird in the East, I have 

 the pleasure of sending you a few notes on that subject. 



SER. V. — VOL. I. 2e 



