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irregular intervals. A number, comprising parts 1 to 4 of the eleventh 

 volume of this work, has lately appeared, and the 353 pages of which it 

 consists are wholly devoted to an account of the Birds of Manipur, 

 Assam, Sylhct and Cachar, by Mr. A. 0. Hume, assisted by Mr. J. Pv. 

 Cripps. Another complete work, devoted to the " Game, Shore, and 

 Water Birds of India," by Col. A. Le Messurier, has been published and 

 is intended mainly for the use of sportsmen in this country. Mr. J. A. 

 Murray continues his " Avifauna of India" and has issued two parts 

 of the second volume of his book during the year. 



Our own Journal contains no notices of birds. The Journal of the 

 Natural History Society of Bombay contains two papers by Captain 

 E. F. Becher — " Some cold-weather notes from Gruzerat " and "Hot- 

 weather notes in the Central Provinces," which are entirely of ornitho- 

 logical interest. Also papers, by Lieutenant H. E. Barnes, on "Nesting 

 of the Indian Hirundines" and "on Nesting in Western India." 



The ' Ibis,' as usual, contains a number of papers, bearing on Indian 

 ornithology. Among these may be noted : Mr. Hargitt's monographic 

 account of the genus Gecinus; Mr. Norman's "Note on the Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of the crested Cuckoos " ; a letter, by Mr. W. 

 Davison, on " Travancore Birds;" Mr. Whitehead's " Notes on some 

 oriental Birds " ; Mr. Sharpe " on two apparently undescribed species 

 of Sturnus " ; A note by Mr. Seebohm on the Identity of Ibis pro- 

 jpinqua with Ibis inelanocephala ; " On the Birds of Bharno, Upper 

 Burmah," in which Mr. E. W. Oates enumerates the species not described 

 in Count Salvadori's paper on the Birds of Upper Burma, published in 

 the Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 2nd series, Vol. IV ; " Notes on 

 the Birds of Kashmir and the Dras District, by Lieutenant W. W. 

 Cordeaux ; " On Phasianus torquatus and its Allies," by Mr. H. Seebohm, 

 describing some Chinese and Central Asian species ; "on Hirundo rustica 

 and Blotacilla melanope in Ceylon," by S. Bligh. Count Salvadori's 

 " Birds from Tenasserim," is noticed. 



The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, contain two 

 papers by Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, entitled "Notes on Specimens in the 

 Hume Collection of Birds " ; also, by the same, " A list of a collection 

 made by Mr. Wray in the main range of Perak, Malay Peninsula," 

 including many Himalayan genera. 



Mr. Haly's " Catalogue of Birds in the collection of the Colombo 

 Museum" is in the press. 



"E&pt lies and Batrachians. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History 

 Sorirly contains papers on the Biscobra, by Mr. G. W. Vidal and Mr. 

 J. A. Da Gama ; also a " Catalogue of Snakes in the Society's collections " 

 and a note, from the Asian, "on the hearing of Snakes.'' 



