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zoology obtained. The Rev. H. A. Macpherson writes on 

 Hybrid Finches; and Mr. J. H. Giirney, jun.^ gives an 

 account of the periodical movement of Gulls as observed on 

 the Norfolk Coast. The most important contribution is un- 

 doubtedly the conclusion of the " List of Norfolk Birds " by 

 Messrs. J. H. Gurney, jun., and T. Southwell, making the 

 total of species recorded 288, with information up to the 

 latest date possible. 



15. Pelzeln and Madardsz on the Pipridce. 



[Monograpliie der Pipridae oder JVIanakin-Vogel von August von Pel- 

 zeln und Dr. Julius von Madarasz uuter Mitwirkung von Dr. Ludwig von 

 Lorenz. Lief. 1. 4to. Budapest: 1887.] 



The first part of Herr v. Pelzeln and Dr. J. v. Madarasz's 

 Monograph of the Piprid^e has now been issued, and con- 

 tains figures of the following species : — 



Piprites pileatus. Piprites griseiceps. 



Piprites chloris. Masius chrysopterus. 



Piprites chlorion. Masius coronulatus. 

 Piprites tschudii. 



The authors seem to be rather doubtful about Piprites 

 tschudii of Cabanis, which appears to have been described 

 from a specimen in spirit, and we are not sure that their 

 identification of the sexes of P. chlorion is quite correct. 



16. Ridgivay's Manual of North- American Birds. 



[A Manual of Nortli American Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Illus- 

 trated hy 4G4: outline drawings of the generic characters. Philadelphia 

 (Lippincott) : 1887. 1 vol. large 8vo, 632 pp.] 



The object of the present volume, as we are told in the 

 preface, " is to furnish a convenient manual of North 

 American Ornithology, reduced to the smallest compass by 

 the omission of everything that is not absolutely necessary 

 for determining the character of any given specimen, and 

 including, besides the correct nomenclature of each species, 

 a statement of its natural habitat and other concomitant 

 data.'' 



In classification, nomenclature, and numeration Mr. Ridg- 



