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1892. — Proceedings of tue Zoological Society of Lon- 

 don. Parts I, II and III. — Price : 12 shillings each. 



Part I, contains 172 pages of text, 10 black and coloured 

 plates, and many wood-cuts. Several new species of Tunisian 

 Reptiles, Coleoptera from Borneo, Head of a new antelope, 

 Bubalis swagnei, from Somali-land, and Lepidoptera from San- 

 dakan, are figured. 



Part II, contains 136 pages of text, 13 black and coloured 

 plates, and many wood-cuts; several new species of Ophiu- 

 ROids, Head of Orix CALLOTis,new species from Mount Kili- 

 manjaro ; Orthopteka of the Island of Saint-Vincent ; He- 

 migale uosei ; Amaurocichla bocagii and mouoneyanus ; Land 

 Shells of Saint-Helena, and from Colombia, are figured. 

 Among the various works published in this part is one by 

 Hans Gadow M. A. etc. entitled : « On the Classification of 

 Birds, which will be of much use to Ornithologists. 



This new classification of birds by M. Hans Gadow is based 

 on the anatomical structure of birds, and the result is the 

 following : 



I. Subclass. — ARCHORNITHES, which includes the Order 

 Archj:opterygiformes. 



II. Subclass. — NEORNITHES, which he divides in Neor- 

 nithes Ratit^:, and Neornithes Carinas. 



In the first division, he includes : Struthiones, Rhe^:, 

 Gasuarii, Apteryges, Dinornithes, and JEpyornithes. 

 In the second division, he includes all the rest as follows : 



COLYMBIFORMES, SPHENISCIFORMES, PrOCELLARIIFORMES, ARDEI- 



formes, Falconiformes, Anseriformes, Crypturiformes, Galli- 

 formes, Gruiformes, Charadruformes, Columbiformes, Cuculi- 

 formes, Coraciiformes, and Passeriformes. 



Part III, contains 232 pages of text, 8 black and coloured 

 plates, and some wood-cuts. Several new species of Indian 

 frogs, Lycœnidœ from South Pacific, new Frogs from Borneo, 

 and Lucioperca marina, are figured. 



In the Birds from Peru, by Messrs Hans von Berlepsch and 

 Jean Stolzmann, five new species are described : Pyranga 

 testacea tschudii, Saltator immaculatus, Dives kalinowskii, 

 Pyrocephalus rubineus heterurus, and Cinclodes taczanoivskii. 



1892. — Transactions of the Zoological Society of 

 London, Vol. XIII. Part 4, London. Price : 6 shillings. 



Contents. — On a skull of Trogontherium Cuvieri from the 

 forest bed of East Runston, near Cromer, by G.-T. Newton, 

 11 pages of text, and one plate. 



1892. — The Ibis, Sixth Series, Vol IV, Numbers 13 

 to It). 1892, London. — Price : six shillings each part. Edited 

 by D r Philip Lutley Sclater. 



This Volume maintains the high reputation acquired by 



