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noleuca from the old place. Oreophasis has turned up in 

 Vera Paz. I have seen several skins from there, but have 

 not yet ascertained exactly where they were shot." 



Publications received. — Mr. Claude M. Wyatt sends us the 

 ornithological portion of the ' Report of the Ordnance Survey 

 of the Peninsula of Sinai/ which contains short notes on the 

 species of birds met with by Mr. Wyatt and other recent ob- 

 servers. Several of Mr. Tristram's recent novelties were ob- 

 tained, e. g. Sylvia deserti, Drymoeca eremita, and Amydrus 

 tristrami. The list will be useful for local reference. Six 

 large lithographic plates (uncoloured) give illustrations of 

 some of the rarer species. 



Dr. A. M. Ross forwards the first number of the ' Canadian 

 Ornithologist' (Toronto, 1873), a new monthly record of in- 

 formation concerning Canadian ornithology, of which he is 

 Editor. 



Dr. O. Larcher, of Paris, sends the first fascicle of a new 

 serial entitled ' Melanges de Pathologie Comparee et de Te- 

 ratologic/ which contains several articles relating to the pa- 

 thological anatomy of birds — a branch of the subject not 

 hitherto much studied. 



From Baron Droste we have received the Report of the 19th 

 meeting of the German Ornithologists' Association*, which 

 took place at Cassel in May of last year. Here will be found 

 much to interest students of the Palsearctic ornis. 



Hr. F. Leybold has lately published at Santiago, Chili, a 

 very interesting account of a month's excursion from that 

 city over the Andes into the Argentine Republic f, and has 

 been kind enough to send a copy to the Acting Editor of this 

 journal. Many notes are introduced respecting the birds ob- 

 served and obtained. Not only this, but descriptions of two 



* Bericbt iiber die Versammlung der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesell- 

 scbaft zu Cassel abgehalten am 23. und 24. Mai 1872. Herausgegeben von 

 dem Gescbaftsfiibrer der Gesellschaft Ferd. Baron Droste und dessen 

 Stellvertreter Br. Bernhard Borggreve. Miinster : 98 pp. 8vo. 



t Escursion a las Pampas Argentinas. Hojas de mi diario. Por Fe- 

 derico Leybold. Santiago: 187.'). 108 pp. 8vo. 



