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thological department of the American Museum of Natural History. 

 Several full-page half-tones illustrate the method of storage of the research 

 collections, several of the larger bird groups, and one of the Museum's 

 travelling 'School Collections.' 



Little more can be given in this connection than the titles of the papers, 

 which indicate the varied character of the subjects brought before the 

 Congress, as follows: 'The Ornithological Correspondence of the late 

 Professor Johann Friedrich Naumann, by Paul Leverkiihn; 'On the 

 Migration of Birds,' by Otto Herman; 'Sur un atlas des Planches coloriees 

 de 1' Ornithologie de Brisson attribue au peintre Martinet, provenant 

 de la vente Alph. Milne-Edwards,' by Dr. Louis Bureau, followed by 

 remarks by Alfred Newton; 'The First Bird List of Eber and Peucer 

 (1549), and its Relation to the "Avium. . . .Historia" of William Turner 

 (1544),' by Henry Scherren; 'On Extinct and Vanishing Birds,' by Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild (with 2 colored plates); 'Kaiseradler und Aasgeier 

 am Horst,' by Paul Leverkiihn; 'On some Antarctic Birds,' by Edward 

 A. Wilson; 'Some Notes on the Hybridizing of Ducks,' by J. Lewis Bonhote 

 (with 4 colored plates); 'The principal aims of Modern Ornithology,' by 

 Ernest Hartert; "Some ornithological results of the Scottish National 

 Antarctic Expedition,' by W. S. Bruce; 'Vortheile und Nachtheile mo- 

 derner Arten- und Unterartenbeschreibung und Namengebung,' by Rudolf 

 Blasius; 'Monographic de la Sterne de Dougall (Sterna dougalli),' by Dr. 

 Louis Bureau (with map); 'Descriptions of new species and conspecies 

 of Neotropical Birds,' by Hans Graf von Berlepsch (see below, p. 361); 

 'On the genus Elcenia Sundev.,' by Hans Graf von Berlepsch (see below, p. 

 362); 'On the Birds of Madeira,' by Ernesto Schmitz; 'On the origin of the 

 differences between Nestling Birds,' by W. P. Pycraft; ' Schlussstein 

 zur Litteratur iiber Erdhacus cairii, ' by Hans Freiherr von Berlepsch, 

 ' Studien iiber Tyranniden, ' by Hans Graf von Berlepsch (see below, p. 362) ; 

 'La Perdrix grise des Pyrenees,' by Louis Bureau; 'Sequence in Moults 

 and Plumages, with an explanation of Plumage-Cycles,' by Jonathan 

 Dwight, Jr.; 'Remarques au sujet de certains oiseaux meconnus, ' by 

 Alphonse Dubois; 'On Variations in the Colouring of Colymbus cristatus, 

 C. griseigena, and C. mgricolhs, observed at the Lake of Velencze, in Hun- 

 gary,' by Steven Chernel de Chernelhaza; 'The Unusual Migration of 

 Briinnich's Murre (Uria lomvia) in Eastern North America,' by J. H. 

 Fleming (see below, p. 359) ; ' Neuere Beobachtungen iiber den Herbstzug 

 des Stares (Sturnus vulgaris),' by F. Helm; 'Die Pyrenaen und ihre 

 Vogelwelt,' by R. Blasius; 'On Colour Variation in the Eggs of Palsearctic 

 Birds,' by F. C. R. Jourdain; 'The Wild Birds Protection Acts as adminis- 

 tered by Orders in Great Britain and Ireland,' by Sir Digby Pigot; 'Bird 

 Legislation in Australia,' by Sir John Cockburn; 'The Rationale of Bird 

 Protection,' by Frank E. Lemon; 'The Food of Birds,' by Otto Herman; 

 'Ornithologie economique. A propos d' etudes sur le Regime alimentaire 

 des Oiseaux,' by Dr. Quinet; 'Note sur le Freux (Corvus jrugilegus L.) 



