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Aviary); one Oyster-catcher (Himantopus ostralegus), British Isles, presented 

 by R. Gurney, Esq., F.Z.S. (Night-Herons' Aviary); four Cayenne Lap- 

 wings (Vanellus cayennensis), S. America, purchased (Western Aviary). 



BOOKS, &c. RECEIVED. 



The Osprey, Vol. i., No. 1, September, 1896. The Osprey Co., Galesburg, 

 111. 



Science Gossip, New Series, No. 28, September, 1896. John T. Carring- 

 ton, Editor. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte, Vol. iv., No. 9, September, 1896. Prof. 

 Dr. R>-ichenow, Editor. 



The Naturalist, No. 254, September, 1896. W. Denison Roebuck, Editor. 



The Naturalists 1 Journal, No. 51, September, 1896. S. L. Mosley, 

 Editor. 



Nature Notes, No. 81, September, 1896. London: John Bale & Sons. 



The Irish Naturalist, Vol. v., No. 9, September, 1896. Dublin: Eason 

 & Son. Limited. 



The Nidologist, Vol. iii., No. 12, August, 1896. H. R. Taylor, Editor. 



Ornithologisches Jahrbuch, Vol. vii., No. 5, September — October, 1896. 

 V. R. von Tschuai zu Schmidhoffen, Editor. 



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