CONTENTS OF NUMBER XXII. {continued). 



Pago 



53. Sclater aud Hudson's 'Argentine Ornithology ' . . . . [ ^jy,. 



54. Sbarpe on the Fringillida i "^ 



65, Shuleldt on Birds' Muscles useful in Classification . . . ) 



56. Stejneger on a Muscle of the Bird's Wing I 281 



57. Stejneger on a new Thrush ) 



58. Winge on Fossil Birds from Brazil 282 



XXY. Letters, Extracts, Notices, &e, : — 



Letters from A. Everett, Esq. ; Sir W. L. BuUer ; Lieut.-Col. 

 H. M. Drummond Haj. Note on Zapornia spilonota. Orni- 

 thological Travellers. Bartlett's new Monograph of Weaver- 

 birds and Finches. Sale of another Great Auk's Egg. Obituary 

 — Mr. E. Lear; Mr. J. C. Hele 282 



Publications received since the issue of No. 21, Fifth Series, 



AND not noticed IN THE PRESENT NuMBER. 



23. Bericht liber die Verwaltung und Vermehrung der koniglichen Samni- 

 lungen fiir Kunst und Wissenschalt zu Dresden in den Jahren 1884-85, 



24. Bf.elepsch. Kritische Uebersicht der in der sogenannten Bogota-Col- 

 lectionen (S. O. Colombia) vorkommeuden Colibri-Arten und Beschreibung 

 eines neuen Colibri {Cyanoleshia nehrkorni). (J. f. 0. 1887, pt. 3.) 



25. BocAGE. Additamento a fauna ornithologica de S. Thome. (Jorn. Sci. 

 Math. Phys. e Nat. Lisboa, No. xlvi. p. 81.) 



26. BocAGK. Sur quelques oiseaux recueillis dansl'Afrique 4quatoriale (pays 

 du Muata-Yamvo) par M. A. Sesinando Marques. (Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys, e 

 Nat. Lisboa, No. xlvi. p. 84.) 



27. Bull. Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire, (8vo. London & Here- 

 ford, 1888.) 



•2ii. Cahazzi. Appendice ai materiali per una Avifauna del Golfo di Spezia 

 e della Val di Magra. (8vo. Spezia, 1887.) 



29. Chamberlain, A Catalogue of Canadian Birds, (Svo. St, John, N,B. 

 Macmillan.) 



30. Chambeblain. A Systematic Table of Canadian Birds. (4to. St. 

 John, N.B.). 



31. Dubois. Faune des Vertebrt^s de la Belgique, Tome I, Oiseaux, 

 (Iloyal Svo, Bruxelles, 1887.) 



32. Harvie-Browx, The Isle of May, (Proc. Roy, Phys, Soc, Edinburgh, 

 ix. p, 301,) 



33. Messueieb, Game, Shore and Water Birds of India, (8vo. Calcutta, 

 1888.) 



34. Nehekor]s;. Mittheilungen Uber seine Eiersammlung, ( Jahresber, Ver. 

 f. Naturw. z. Braunschweig, v. p. 117.) 



.■)5. Pei.zeln aud Loeknz. Typea der ornithologischen Sammlung des k. k. 

 naturhistorischen Hofniaseums. Thiel 11. & III. (Ajin. k, k, naturhistorisch 

 Hofmuseunis, Wien, ii. pp. I'Jl, 339.) 



86. Bidgway. On Fhryyilus qayi (Eyd. & Gerv.) and allied Species. 

 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887- p. 43L) 



37. Salvadoei. La AeyiaUtis asiatica (Pall.) trovata per la prima volta in 

 Italia. (Alti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, vol. xxiii. p. 44.) 



38. Salvadoei. Diagnosi di nuove specie di Uccelli del Tenasserim, raccolte 

 dal Sig. Leonardo Fea. (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geneva, ser. 2, vol. v. p. 514.) 



.'iO. Salvadoei. Descrizione di una nuova Specie del Genere HemLius 

 raccolta in Sumatra dall Dott. O. Beccari. (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Genova, 

 ser. 2, vol. V. p. 525.) 



40. Seebohm. The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriida:. 

 (4to. London, 1887.) 



41. Shufeldt. On a Collection of Birds' Sterna and Skulls. (Proc. U,S, 

 Nat, Mus, 1887, p. 370.) 



42. Smith. The Birds of Wiltshire. (Svo. Loudon & Devizes, 1887.) 



43. Sousa. Aves de Angola. (Jorn. Sci. Math. Phvs. e Nat. Lisboa, 

 No. xlvi. p. 89.) 



44. SousA. Descrip^ao de duas especies de aves de Angola da explorafao do 

 sr. Jos6 d'Anchieta, f Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys, e Nat. Lisboa, No. xlvi. p. 105,) 



