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after the other, and summarizes the observations on it made 

 by the various observers. Finally, we have a special ap- 

 pendix oil the occurrences oi Syrrhaptes puradoxus in Europe 

 in 1888. As we have said before (Ibis, 1888, p. 406), it is a 

 pleasure to turn to such a well-ordered report as this, where 

 reference to what is required is made so easy. We rather 

 regret, however, that the map is not repeated. 



21. Sir E. Newton's Presidential Address. 



[Address, by the President, Sir Edward Newton, to the Members of 

 the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Trans. Norf and Norw. 

 Nat. Soc. iv. p. 537.] 



After the ordinary topics of a presidential address have 

 been disposed of. Sir Edward Newton discusses a subject 

 that will greatly interest most of his brother Members of the 

 B. O. U., — the disappearance of our native Accipitres. " It 

 is plain " to him that " in this island the extirpation of the 

 smaller birds of prey is almost as fully accomplished as was 

 that of the larger kinds some years ago.^^ This leads him 

 on to the kindred question of the extinction of certain species 

 of birds in oceanic islands, and especially in the Mascarene 

 group, where he was so long resident. Most interesting 

 details are given on this subject, and as an appendix we have 

 a complete "list of the birds of the Mascarene Islands, in- 

 cluding the Seychelles. ^^ The distribution of the species in 

 the different islands is shown in every case, and the extinct 

 and peculiar species are designated, as well as those of acci- 

 dental occurrence. This very useful list is, we trust, but the 

 precursor of a still more useful memoir on the Mascarene 

 ornis, which, if we are correctly informed, is in a forward 

 state. 



22. Picaglia on Pallas' s Sand Grouse in Italy. 



[Intorno ad una recente invasione del Si/rrhaptes paradoxus, 111., [per] 

 Luigi Picaglia. II Panaro, Ann. xxvii. Num. 160. Modena, II June, 



1888.] 



Prof. Picaglia records the occurrence of a male specimen 



