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Van Oort's Avifauna of the Netherlands. 1 — The number of species here 

 recorded for the Netherlands is 335. The specimens taken in the Nether- 

 lands contained in the Leyden Museum of Natural History are recorded, 

 the later acquisitions in detail, with notes in many cases on peculiarities 

 of plumage, but rarely is anything said about the status of the species as 

 a bird of the Netherlands, either in reference to the manner or seasons of 

 occurrence, except in the case of the rarer species. There are, however, 

 many important critical notes on the particular subspecies found in the 

 Netherlands. — ■ J. A. A. 



Hartert's ' Die Vogel der Palaarctischen Fauna,' Heft V. 2 — Part V of this 

 great work bears date February, 1909, after an interval of nearly two years 

 since the publication of Part IV, in March, 1907. This part begins with the 

 remaining species of Phylloscopus and ends at the beginning of the genus 

 Turdus, which he announces will be taken in a broad sense, to include a 

 large number of more or less current genera. The present part thus com- 

 prises the families Sylviidse and Crateropodidae of authors, and the species 

 and subspecies numbered 796 to 986, practically all 'Pakearctic.' — J. A. A. 



Count von Berlepsch on the Birds of Cayenne. 3 — This enumeration of 

 the birds of Cayenne is based primarily on a collection made by George K. 

 Cherrie, assisted by Benjamin T. Gault, during four months (October, 

 1902- January, 1903), for the Tring Museum. This collection comprised 

 1300 well-prepared bird-skins, representing 254 species. In order to make 

 the list complete, the author has added in brackets all the species that have 

 been reported as occurring in Cayenne, this being, according to the author, 

 the first attempt to give complete enumeration of the birds of that country. 

 The list comprises 626 species, of which 553 have been satisfactorily de- 

 termined as birds of Cayenne; the other 73 are hypothetically included, 

 on the basis of doubtful records (23) or their general range (50). The 

 author believes that we may add about 140 more as birds likely to occur 

 there, so that "we are justified in computing the number of species inhabit- 

 ing that country to be about 766." In footnotes, under each family, are 

 enumerated the additional species that may perhaps occur in Cayenne. 



The paper thus consists: (1) of a list of the species collected by Mr. 



1 Contribution to our Knowledge of the Avifauna of the Netherlands, being a List 

 of all the Species of Birds hitherto observed, with special reference to specimens in 

 the Leyden Museum. By Dr. E. D. van Oort. Notes from the Leyden Museum 

 1908, pp. 129-214, pll. vii, viii. 



2 Die Vogel der palaarctischen Fauna. Systematische Ubersicht der in Europe, 

 Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vogel. Von Dr. Ernst 

 Hartert. Heft V.— 8vo, pp. 513-640, fig. 93-124. R. Friediander und Sohn, 

 Berlin. Published February, 1909. Price, 4 mark. 



For notices of previous Parts see Auk, XXI, pp. 95, 505; XXII, p. 428; XXIV, 

 p. 362. 



3 On the Birds of Cayenne. By Hans Graf von Berlepsch. Novitates Zoologies 

 Vol. XV, pp. 103-164, 261-324. June and November, 1908. 



