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The principal Ornithological event of the year seems to 

 have been the remarkable re-appearance of Pallas' Sand 

 Grouse {Syrrhaptes paradoxus"), numbers of which have been 

 met with and shot in most of the counties of the British Isles. 

 It is perhaps too much to expect that sportsmen would refrain 

 from shooting at anything that was at all new or rare ; it is 

 to be hoped that they have not taken too heavy a tithe of 

 these distinguished Asiatic visitors, but have left at least 

 some pairs for the nesting season in the hope that they may 

 breed in this country, which there is every likelihood of their 

 doing in certain localities if unmolested. I cannot do 

 better than refer members who would like to know more of 

 this interesting visitor to the Zoologist, vol. xxiii., Nos. 138, 

 139, 140, 141. 



The various and valuable contributions to Entomological and 

 Biological Literature generally, have been very considerable 

 during the past year. But time does not permit us to notice 

 more than a few of the most interesting publications, among 

 which are the following : — 



"Observations on Ants, Bees, and Wasps," Part II. By 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., etc., 

 contains some most interesting and valuable information. 

 Printed for the Linnean Society, London. 



" A Manual of Zoology for the use of Students, with a 

 General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology." By H. 

 A. Nicholson, M.D., Professor of Natural History in the 

 University of Aberdeen. Seventh edition. Blackwood and 

 Sons, London. 



"British Oribatidae." By Albert D. Michael, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., etc.. Vol. II., Ray Society, 1888. This is 

 the second and concluding volume of Mr. Michael's Monograph 

 of the British Oribatidae, and was issued by the Ray Society 

 to its subscribers for the year 1887. This work is illustrated 

 with most valuable plates, and the letterpress bears evidence 

 of the painstaking and scientific accuracy of the author, and 

 cannot fail to be invaluable to Acarologists as a text book, as 

 well as a work of great interest to naturalists generally. 



"An Illustrated Manual of British Birds." By Howard 

 Saunders., F.L.S., F.Z.S. To be completed in about twenty 



