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District,' 5 to the 'General Character of the Avifauna.' 78 to the 'An- 

 notated List of the Birds,' 8 to a 'Summary and Recapitulation,' and 3 

 to the 'Game Laws of the District'. .. .The original 'List'.... pub- 

 lished in 1862, contained 22G species ...The additions made in the 

 twenty-two years which have intervened number 23 .. .The subject in 

 general is treated not only with great fulness, but is very attractively 

 set forth, and in general plan forms an excellent model of what a faunal 

 list should be . . . J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., p. 38G, October, 1884. 



GADOW, HANS. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 

 VIII. Catalogue of the Passeri formes, or Perching Birds. Cich- 

 lomorphsc : containing the Families Paridic and Laniida- (Titmice 

 and Shrikes), and Certhiomorpha; (Creepers and Nuthatches). By 

 Hans Gadow, Ph.D. London : Printed by order of the Trus- 

 tees. 1883. 8vo., pp. i-xiii., 1-386, pll. i-ix., and woodcuts in 

 the text. 



....Dr. Gadow's volume opens with the Paridio (including the 

 Regulidao auct. ), of which 10 genera and 82 species are recognized 

 . . . .The Laniidas embrace five subfamilies. . . .The family Certhiidas in- 

 cludes the Nuthatches as well as the Tree-Creepers . . .In general, Dr. 

 Gadow inclines to the recognition of comprehensive groups, from 

 families downward. His reduction in genera and species from the 

 hitherto current status is very marked. . . .In method of execution, the 

 present volume is strictly in accord with its predecessors, and is 

 neither less valuable nor less welcome. J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., pp. 

 279-281, July, 1884. 



GILL, THEODOBE. Record of Scientific Progress for 1881. Zoology. 

 By Theodore Gill. Smithsonian Report, 1881 (1883), pp. 408- 

 498. Birds, pp. 481-490. 



... a partial bibliography of noteworthy papers and works, and a 

 synopsis of about half-a-dozen memoirs . . . . J. A. A , The Auk, Vol. I., 

 p. 84, January, 1884. 



Goss, N. S. A Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas. By N. S. Goss. 

 Published under the direction of the Executive Council. Topeka, 

 Kansas : Kansas Publishing House, 1883. 8vo., pp. iv., 34. 



... .a carefully annotated list of the birds of the State, prepared at 

 the request and under the direction of the State Executive Council . . . 

 very few species are given on other authority than his own observations 

 . . . .the list includes 320 species and races, 161 of which are marked as 

 known to breed. The annotations are brief but pertinent. . . .the list 

 attains in general a high grade of excellence. .. J. A. A., Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 227, October, 1883. 



JEFFRIES, J. AJIORY. The Epidermal System of Birds. By J. Amory 

 Jeffries. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist,, Vol. XXII., pp. 203-240, 

 pll, iv-vi. Dec., 1883. 



. . .reports the results of his studies of the epidermal appendages 

 in birds, with reference to their structure, development, and homolo- 

 gies. . . . J. A. A., Vie Auk, Vol. I., pp. 182, 183, April, 1884. 



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