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THE HUMMING BIRD. 



[May i, 1891. 



FOR SALE.— Shells. 



Private Collection of Mr. Boucard. 

 Land, Fluviatile and Marine Shells. 



Glandinidae, is. each. Helicidae, 6d. each. Bulimidae 

 is. each. Achatinidae, is. each. Chlindrellidae, is. 6d. 

 each. Clausilidae, 3d each. Ampularidse, 6d. each. 

 Lymmea, Physa, and Planorbis, 3d each. Cyclosto- 

 nidae, 6d. each. Helicinidae, 3d. each. Unio, 

 Anodonta, and Ostrea, 6d. each. 



Marine Shells — All the Collection includi?ig 

 Argonyuta, Murex, Fusus, Triton, Ranella, Nassa, 

 Oliva, Marginella, Harpa, Terebra, Conus, Sfrombus, 

 Cypraea, Neritina, Patella, Chiton, Haliotis, Turbo, 

 Venus, Cardium, &c, 6d. each. 



Can be divided if required. 



All applications to be made at the Journal's Office. 



Insects Coleoptera. 



Private Collection of Mr. Boucard. 



Cicindelidae, including types of Oxygonia, 

 Boucardi Chev, Cincindela costaricensis and others, 

 2.r.each. Carabidse, including many types, is. each. 

 Dytiscidae, 6d. each. Staphylinidae, 3d. each. 



Pselaphidae, Gnostidae, Paussidae, Scydmaenidae, 

 Silphidae, Scaphididae, Histeridae, Nitidulidae, Trog- 

 ositidae, Rhyssodidae, Cucujidae, Cryptophagidae, 

 Derodontidse, Latrididae, Mycetophagidae, Dermestidae 

 Byrrhidae, Parnidae, and Heteroceridae, 3d. each. 

 Lucanidae and Passalidae, including many types, is. 

 each. Copridae, 6d. each. Melolonthidae, 6d. each, 

 Rutelidae, including all the types of Plusiotis, 

 Chrysina, Heterosternus, 2s. each. Scarabaeidae, is. 

 each. Cetonidae, is. each. Buprestidae, is. each. 

 Trixagidae, Monommidae, Eucnemidae, and Elateridae, 

 6d. each. Cebrionidae. Rhipidoceridae, Dascillidae, 

 and Malacodermidae, 3d. each. Cleridae, 6d. each. 

 Lymexilonidae, Cupesidae, Ptinidae, Bostrychidae, and 

 Cioidae, 3d. each. Tenebrionidae, 3d. each. Nilion- 

 idae, Pythidae, Melandryidae, Lagriidae, Pedilidae. 

 Anthicinae, Pyrochroidae, Mordellidae, and Rhipidoph- 

 oridae, 3d. each. Cantharidae, 6d. each. Cephaloidae, 

 Oedemeridse, and Mycteridae, 3d. each. Curculionidae 

 and Scolytidae, 3d. each. Brenthidae and Anthotribidae, 

 6d. each. Cerambycidae, is. each : Bruchidae, 3d. each. 

 Chrysomelidae, 3d. each. Cassididae, 6d. each. 

 Languridae and Erotylidae, 6d. each. Tritomidae and 

 Coccinellidae, 3d. each. 



TO ORNITHOLOGISTS. 



FOR SALE. 



Fine mounted specimen of Alci impennis, the Great Awh, 

 (extinct species). Pedigree from the date of capture, 1836, to 

 this date, will be given to buyer. 



Fine male specimen of the exceedingly rare new genus of 

 bird lieinho.rdtia ocellata Bp., the greatest discovery of the 

 century. Price £50 



LIST OF DESIDERATA OF PHAN^EI. 



Achilles Bohem, Guayaquil. Bitias Har., Mexico. 

 Charon Har., Guayaquil. Columbi, Me L, female, 

 Hastifer Germ., male, Brazil. Foveolatus Har., 

 Guayaquil. Horus Waterh. Reiche, Brazil. Melibceus 

 Planch, Chiquitos, Mirabilis Har., Brazil, Noctis 



Bates, Colombia and Nicaragua, etc. Perseus Har., 

 Colombia. Pteroderus Reiche in litt, Uruguay. 

 Rhadamanthus Far., Brazil. Rosalia Fabr.? America, 

 Tepanensis Bates, Tepan. Thalassinus Perty, Brazil. 

 Steinheili Har., male and female. Guatemalensis, 

 Har., male. Beltianus, male - Scutifer, Bates, male 

 and female. Lunaris, Tasch, male. Actaeon, Erichs, 

 male and female. Bispinus, Bates. 'Cadmus, Har. 

 Dejeani, Har., female. Lautus, Macleay, male. 

 Silenus, Cast, male and female. Spinifer, Cast, male 

 and female. 



List of Pittidae for Sale. 



Pitta strepitans, Australia, 5s. ; — maxima, N. Guinea 



1 os. ; — brachyura Malacca, &s. ; ■ — bengalensis, 

 India, 8^. ; — elegans, Malacca, 10s. ; — cyanurus, 

 Java, 16^.; — arcuata, Borneo, 30^.; — granatina, 

 Borneo, 8^.; — erythrogaster, Philippines, 10s. ; 



— mackloti, N. Guinea, 10s. ; — rosenbergi, N. 

 Guinea, 30^. ; — novae guineae, N. Guinea, 10s. ; 



— mulleri, Borneo, 10s. ; — cucullata, India, 85-. ; 



— — Yar, Malacca, &s. ; — coerulea, Malacca 16s. ; 

 Philepitta castanea, Madagascar, 12^. 



FOR SALE.— From Kina Balu {Borneo). 

 Calyptomena whiteheadi, male, 100s. A magnifi- 

 cent bird, discovered lately by Mr. Whitehead in the 

 interior of Borneo. Many other species from the 

 same collector (magnificent skins). 



FOR SALE. 

 A magnificent bound copy of T. A. Naumann's 

 Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands, 13 vols, in 

 4to and 391 coloured plates. Apply at the office of 

 the Journal. 



FOR SALE. 

 Collection of Woods from all parts of the world. 

 2,000 blocks nicely cut. Manuscript catalogue over 



2 vols. Awarded gold medal at International Exhi- 

 bition. For price and particulars apply at the office 

 of the Journal. 



Fine group of Harpyornis feeding on a Dendrolagus. 

 Two rare species of mammal and bird, from New 

 Guinea. Price ,£12. Fourteen species of Carabus 

 from Chili. In the most perfect condition. 23 

 specimens, at 5s. each. 



Books and Journals Received. 



Societas ento/nologica, April 1890, No. 1, edited by 

 Fritz Riihl at Zurich Hottingen. 



La Reforma farmaceutica. Director and Editor, 

 Luis R. Guzman. La Guayra (Venezuela). 



El Porvenir. Semanario politico y noticioso organo 

 de los Intereses de la Regeneracion. Cartagena 

 (Colombia). 



Antiguan Observer, Vol. XLVIIL, § Nos. 9 

 and 10. 



An accoimt of the former abundance of some species of 

 Birds on Neiu York Island, at the lime of their Migra- 

 tion to the South, by George N. Lawrence. 



Description of a new subspecies of Cypselidce of the 

 Genus Chaetura, with a note on the Diablotin, by 

 George N. Lawrence. With thanks, 



The Editor. 



