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9. Gould’s ‘ Birds of Asia’ 
[The Birds of Asia. By J. Gould, F.R.S. &c. Dedicated to the 
Honourable East-India Company. Part XXXI. Folio: London, 1879. 
Published by the author, 26 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, W.C. ] 
Of Mr. Gould’s ‘ Birds of Asia’ (commenced in 1850) we 
have now the thirty-first part before us, containing figures of 
the following species :— 
Oriolus broderipi. Calliope camtschatkensis. 
Pitta ellioti. +,  pectoyralis. 
» granatina. »  tschebaiewi. 
y»» coccinea, Urocynchramus pylzowi. 
Tetrao mlokosiewiczi. Carpodacus roseus. 
Heematortyx sanguiniceps. Prionochilus vincens. 
Bambusicola hyperythra. 
Hematortyx and Urocynchramus are both novelties of great 
interest, of which we are glad to see good figures. We observe 
that Mr. Gould has omitted to quote Sclater’s description 
and figure of Prionochilus vincens, given in this Journal for 
1874 (p. 1, pl. 1.). 
10. Hartlaub on a new Quail. 
[Ueber eine neue Wachtel von der Duke-of-York Gruppe. Von Dr. 
G. Hartlaub. Sitzungsb. d. Verein fiir naturwissensch. Unterhaltung: 
Hamburg, 1879. } 
Excalfactoria lepida (—E. sinensis, Scl. P.Z.S. 1879, 
p- 447) is based on four specimens obtained by Hr. Th. 
Kleinsmidt on Mioko, one of the Duke-of-York group, in 
May 1879. It is stated to differ from E. stnensis in its larger 
stature, different coloration beneath, and in other particulars. 
11. Lawrence on West-Indian Birds. 
[A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser 
Antilles visited by Mr. Fred. A. Ober; with a Table showing their Dis- 
tribution, and those found in the United States. By George N. Lawrence. 
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 486. ] 
This is amost convenient Index to Mr. Lawrence’s excellent 
reports on the birds collected by Mr. Ober in the islands of 
Barbuda, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. 
Vincent, and Grenada. 
