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been known of the ornithology of Portugal,, this is a most inter- 
esting paper. 
Tristram, H. B. On the Ornithology of Palestine, Part VII., 
Ibis, I8G8, pp. 204-2 1 5, pis. vi., vii. ; Part VIII., tom. cit. 
pp. 321-335. 
The conclusion of the valuable and interesting series of articles 
we have so often noticed (Zool. Ilec. ii. pp. 67, 68, iii. p. 53, iv. 
p. 57). Part VII. treats of the remainder of the FringillidcB, 
with plates representing Petronia brachydactyla, Bp. (Consp. Av. 
i. p. 513), and Serinus aurifrons (Zool. Bee. i. p. 85), the Colum- 
bid(B, and GallincB. Part VIII. contains the Grallce, Anseres, and 
Strut biones. The ornis of the country is now fixed at 329 species, 
bentg 7 more than the number given by the author in his Re- 
port (Zool. Rec. i. p. 46). The discrepancy is fully explained 
(p. 332). Of these, 27 are peculiar, and 9 due to the author^s 
discoveries : 36 species pertain to the Ethiopian Region ; of 
these, 16 have not, in Palestine, been found out of the Dead Sea 
basin, the singularity of which is further shown by the fact 
that 11 specie's, belonging to as many different genera, are pe- 
culiar to it. Most of these genera are common to both the Ethi- 
opian and Indian Regions j and it seems pretty nearly certain 
that this wonderful district was stocked by colonization after the 
close of the Eocene period and before the Glacial epoch. It now 
forms a tropical outlier,^^ of which there is no other terrestrial 
instance. 
Walker, Theodore C. Remarks on the Birds of Ailsa Craig. 
Zoologist, See. Ser. pp. 1365-1373. 
A very good account of this celebrated resort of sea-fowl, re- 
specting wliich not much has hitherto been published. 
ETHIOPIAN REGION. 
Baker, Eden. The Bii’ds of St. Helena. Zoologist, Sec. Ser. 
pp. 1472-1476. 
The author makes no pretension to scientific knowledge ; and 
the birds are only spoken of by their local names, excepting, 
indeed, Charadrius pecuarius on the strength probably of Mr. 
Layard^s determination of that species (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 120). 
Barboza DU Bocage, J. V. Aves das possessoes portuguezas 
d^ Africa occidental que existem no Museu de Lisboa. Jor- 
nal de Sciencias da Acad. Real de Lisboa, 1868, no. v. 
pp. 38-50. 
This, the third paper of the series noticed last year (Zool. Rec. 
iv. p. 58), contains two lists — one of the birds of Biballa and 
Maconjo, the other of those of Huilla, both in West Africa. 
The first contains a notice of 67 species, of which 2 (belonging 
to Nectariniidee and Sylviidoi) are described as new ; the second 
