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Herr Blasius was induced to set about his series of observa- 

 tions. 



5. Swedish. 



Our friend Dr. Malmgren has kindly forwarded us a copy of 

 an Appendix which he has written to the narrative of the Swedish 

 Spitsbergen Expedition of 1864*, containing a brief account of 

 the natural history of that country. This we conclude was 

 written some time ago, as the author, in referring to some 

 remarks of his own (Journ. fiir Orn. 1865, pp. 385-400) on a 

 paper which appeared in 'The Ibis' (1865, pp. 199-219, 

 496-525), takes no notice of an article (Journ. fiir Orn. 1867, 

 pp. 207-211) which contained some comments on those remarks. 



6. American. 



The * Memoirs ' of the Boston Society of Natural History 

 contain (vol. i. pp. 131-172) an able exposition by Dr. Elliot 

 Coues of the structure of Colymhus torquatus {sc. glacialis) , v/hich. 

 is described in language at once precise and clear, after a fashion 

 which some other anatomists would do well to imitate. The 

 osteology is treated at considerable length, the myology less com- 

 pletely. The paper would, however, have been more satisfactory 

 had not the illustrations to it been somewhat scanty. 



Two papers by our latei friend Dr. Henry Bryant appear in the 

 ' Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.' The 

 first (vol. xi. pp. 63-70) consists of "Additions to a List of 

 Birds seen at the Bahamas," a subject which, as may be gathered 

 from the title, had been before treated by the author {cf. Ibis, 

 1860, pp. 97-98). On the occasion of Dr. Bryant's visit to the 

 islands in 1859, he was told that Inagua, one of the largest and 

 the most southerly of the group, was extremely fertile, possess- 

 ing forests of large trees and rich savannas. He consequently 

 thought that this " garden of Eden," as it had been described by 

 him, would prove to be of a different geological formation, and 

 hoped that it would furnish a somewhat different ornis. In order 

 to determine these points, he visited it in the winter of 1865-6, 



* Bihang till berattelsen om den Svenska expeditionen till Spets- 

 bergen 18G4, af A. J. Malmgren. Stockholm : 1868. 8vo, pp. 22. 



