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genus, preliminary to a fuller account to be published later. He has also 

 published a review of the Japanese Ibises, Storks, and Herons,* treating 

 the subject in great detail, but with not wholly satisfactory results, 

 owing to the scanty material available for study. Two new subgenera 

 {NannociiHS, p. 291, type Ardetta eurhythma Swinh. ; P/ioyx, p. 311, type 

 Ardea purpurea Linn.) are characterized, and the name Nyctaiiassa 

 (p. 295) is substituted for Nyctherodius Reich., which is antedated by 

 Nicterodius Macgill., = Nycticorax Forster. A Heron, allied to Demie- 

 grcttajugularis Wagl., is described (p. 300) as D. ringer i, sp. n. 



The sixth instalment of Dr. Stejneger's 'Review of Japanese Birds' treats 

 of the Pigeons, t the species recognized as Japanese numbering 12, the 

 characters and synonymy of which are discussed at length. 



Dr. Stejneger also has a paper on the systematic name of the Kamt- 

 schatkan and Japanese Carrion Crow, J in correction of an error in his 

 'Results of Ornithological Exploi-ations in Kamtschatka and the Com- 

 mander Islands,' wherein he referred the species to the 'Black Hill Crow' 

 of India {Corvus levaillafitii Less.). The species belongs to the C. 

 corone group, and should stand as Corvus corone orientalis (Eversni.). 



Additional collections of birds from the Liu Kiu Islands§ enable Dr. 

 Stejneger to throw further light upon the ornis of this interesting group 

 of islands, the new material adding 14 species to the 63 previously known 

 from there, making 77 in all, 12 of which are peculiar to these islands. 

 Besides extended technical annotations, four species are described as new, 

 namely, Porzana phcsopyga, Enryzoua sepiciria, Turtur stitnpsoni, and 

 Passer montanus saturatus. A tabular catalogue of the species, giving 

 references to the previous papers on the subject, concludes the article. 



He also gives an annotated list of birds collected by Mr. M. Namiye, in 

 the Islands of Idzu,|| situated just south of Yokohama. These outlying 

 Japanese islands were previously wholly unexplored, and therefore of 

 special interest. The species obtained are 22 in number, and include a 

 Thrush {Turdus celcsnops) new to science. — J. A. A. 



Stejneger on Hawaiian Birds. ^ — Several valuable collections of birds 

 received at the U. S. National Museum from Mr. Valdemar Knudsen, 



* Review of Japanese Birds. V. Ibises, Storks, and Herons. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1887, pp. 271-319 (Aug. I, 1887). 



t Review of Japanese Birds. VI. The Pigeons. Ibid., pp. 416-429, pi. xxii (Nov. 

 3. 1887). 



J On the systematic name of the Kamtschatkan and Japanese Carrion Crow. Ibid., 

 pp. 320, 321 (Aug. 3, 1887). 



^ Further Contributions to the Avifauna of the Liu Kiu Islands, Japan, with De- 

 scriptions of New Species. Ibid., pp. 391-415, pll. xxi, xxii (Nov. 3, 1888). 



II On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. M. Namiye, in the Islands of Idzu, Japan. 

 Ibid., pp. 482-487 (Jan. 6, 1888). 



n Birds of Kauai Island, Hawaiian Archipelago, collected by Mr. Valdemar Knudsen 

 with Descriptions of New Species. Ibid., pp. 75-102 (May 17, July 2, 1887). 



