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  Extracts, 
  Notices, 
  ^c. 
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  86. 
  Wilson 
  and 
  Evans's 
  ' 
  Aves 
  Haivaiienses.' 
  

  

  [Aves 
  Ha-\vaiienses 
  : 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  tlie 
  Sandwich 
  Islands. 
  By 
  Scott 
  

   B. 
  Wilson, 
  F.Z.S., 
  assisted 
  by 
  A. 
  H. 
  Evans, 
  M.A., 
  F.Z.S. 
  Part 
  IV., 
  

   January 
  1893.* 
  4to. 
  London: 
  R. 
  II. 
  Porter.] 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  much 
  pleased 
  to 
  welcome 
  the 
  fourth 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   'Aves 
  Hawaiienses,^ 
  aud 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  concluding 
  

   part 
  will 
  quickly 
  follow. 
  Messrs. 
  Wilson 
  and 
  Evans 
  cannot 
  

   expect 
  to 
  render 
  their 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  this 
  highly 
  

   interesting 
  " 
  Subregiou 
  " 
  perfect, 
  as 
  we 
  know 
  tliat 
  the 
  

   fertile 
  avifauna 
  of 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  yet 
  

   exhausted. 
  But 
  they 
  will 
  at 
  all 
  events 
  have 
  established 
  a 
  

   solid 
  base 
  for 
  future 
  workers, 
  and 
  have 
  given 
  us^ 
  in 
  an 
  

   excellently 
  illustrated 
  volume, 
  sufficient 
  materials 
  to 
  form 
  

   accurate 
  views 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  

   Avifauna, 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  figured 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  : 
  — 
  

   Corvus 
  tropicus, 
  Chloridops 
  kona, 
  Ciridops 
  amia, 
  Himatione 
  

   mana, 
  Bernicla 
  sandvicensis, 
  Anas 
  wyvilliana, 
  Gallinula 
  sand- 
  

   vicensis, 
  Oceanodroma 
  cryptoleucura, 
  Piiffinus 
  cuneatus. 
  

  

  XLII. 
  — 
  Letters, 
  Extracts, 
  Notices, 
  ^c. 
  

   The 
  following 
  letters, 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Editor, 
  have 
  been 
  

   received 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Sir, 
  — 
  I 
  wish, 
  with 
  your 
  kind 
  permission, 
  to 
  record 
  in 
  your 
  

   next 
  issue 
  the 
  recent 
  occurrence 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  rare 
  visitor 
  in 
  this 
  

   country, 
  namely 
  the 
  Bohemian 
  Waxwing 
  [Ampelis 
  garrula), 
  a 
  

   fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  Ballinderry, 
  Co. 
  Antrim, 
  

   on 
  22nd 
  February 
  last. 
  The 
  bird 
  has 
  occurred 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  

   before 
  {vide 
  Thompson, 
  Watters, 
  and 
  others), 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  

   with 
  no 
  recent 
  record 
  whatever 
  of 
  its 
  appearance. 
  

  

  Croft 
  House, 
  Holywood, 
  Yours 
  &c., 
  

  

  Co. 
  Down, 
  7th 
  March, 
  1893. 
  R. 
  Lloyd 
  Patterson. 
  

  

  Sir, 
  — 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  snaring 
  Birds 
  of 
  Paradise 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  interior 
  of 
  the 
  Port 
  Moresby 
  district 
  has 
  been 
  correctly 
  

  

  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomson, 
  as 
  cited 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  number 
  of 
  

  

  ' 
  The 
  Ibis 
  ^ 
  (above, 
  p. 
  274) 
  . 
  The 
  " 
  dancing-tree 
  " 
  there 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  notice 
  of 
  Part 
  III. 
  see 
  Ibis, 
  1892, 
  p. 
  575. 
  

  

  