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70. Cory’s ‘ Birds of the Bahamas, 
[Birds of the Bahama Islands; containing many Birds new to the 
Islands, and a number of undescribed winter plumages of North-American 
Species. By Charles B. Cory. 4to. Boston: published by the Author, 
8 Arlington Street. 1880.] 
This handsome volume gives an account of Mr. Cory’s 
experiences in the Bahamas, and a descriptive catalogue of 
the birds hitherto found there, with notes on their habits, 
migrations, and nesting. Mr. Cory has added several species 
to the list of Bahaman birds, which now number 149, and 
has discovered one which he considers new to science, Ardea 
cyanirostris, allied to A. leucogastra. The following species 
are figured :— 
Crotophaga ani. Ardea cyanirostris. 
Mimocichla*plumbea. Phcenicopterus ruber. 
Spindalis zena. Dafila bahamensis. 
Saurothera bahamensis. Sterna aneestheta. 
71. De Selys-Longchamps on the Classification of Birds. 
[Sur la Classification des Oiseaux depuis Linné.—Discours prononcé a la 
Séance publique de la classe des Sciences le 16 décembre 1879, par M. 
de Selys-Longchamps. 8vo. Bruxelles: 1879. ] 
An essay on the various classifications of the Class of Birds 
propounded since the first edition of the ‘ Systema Nature.’ 
Many of them are given in considerable detail, and especial 
attention is called to Sundevall’s ‘Tentamen.’? The author 
seems to adhere to his own scheme propounded in 1842 
(‘Faune Belge’), but gives a résumé of the principal emenda- 
tions he would make in it after forty years’ experience. 
72. Finsch on the Birds of Western Siberia. 
[Reise nach West-Sibirien im Jahre 1876. Auf Veranstaltung des 
Vereins fiir die deutsche Nordpolarfahrt zu Bremen unternommen yon 
Dr. O. Finsch, Dr. A. Brehm, und Karl Graf yon Waldburg-Zeil-Trauch- 
