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pleting the work, are now before us. We have already noticed 

 the first volume (Ibis, 1890, p. 374), which contains more 

 or less information about the nests and eggs of 278 species 

 of the Passerine Birds of India, and carries the subject down 

 to the end of the Sturnidse. In the second volume the 

 Passeres are conchided, and the nesting and eggs of the birds 

 of the Orders Eurylsemi^ Scansores, Upupse, Trogones, Co- 

 lumbae, and Cuculi are treated of, comprising altogether 

 295 species. Vol. 3, commencing with the Halcyones, con- 

 tains all the remaining Orders, amongst which there are 

 279 species spoken of. Altogether we have in this excellent 

 work details more or less complete concerning the nidifica- 

 tion of 852 species of Indian Birds. We must all admire the 

 genius and industry of Mr. Hume in getting together this 

 enormous mass of valuable information from every part of 

 the Indian Empire, and we must all thank Mr. Oates for the 

 handy and well-printed volumes in which he has reproduced 

 it. The two volumes last issued are illustrated by nicely- 

 executed portraits of Blanford, Ramsay, Godwin-Austen, 

 Blyth, Tweeddale, Brooks, Bowdler Sharpe, and Davison — 

 all names well known in the annals of Indian Ornithology. 



12. Lucas on Bird-skeletons collected by the ss. ' Albatross.' 



[Scientific Results of Explorations by tlie U. S. Fish Commission 

 Steamer 'Albatross.' — XIII. Catalogue of Skeletons of Birds collected 

 at the Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, the Straits of Magellan, and the Gala- 

 pagos Islands, in 1887-83. By Frederic A. Lucas. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 127.] 



The title of the paper sufficiently indicates the contents of 

 this memoir. Skeletons of about 33 species were obtained 

 in the localities above mentioned, the prize being one of 

 Creagrus furcatus from the Galapagos. A large number of 

 specimens in alcohol were also brought home. 



13. Martorelli on a Species of Limosa. 



[Nota Ornitologica sopra alcuni esemplari del Gen. Limosa apparte- 

 nenti alle specie Limosa lupponicu, Linn., e Limosa uropygialis, Gould, 

 Del socio Dott. Giacinto Martorelli. Atti Soc. Ital. sci. nat. xxxiii.] 



