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includes 26 species, 3 (belonging to Hirundinidcs, Turdidm, and 
Bcolopaciddi) being announced as new. Some other rare or little- 
known birds are also noticed. [Cf. Ibis, 1869, pp. 117, 118.] 
Blanford, W. T. Notes on the Ornithology of Abyssinia. 
Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1868, pp. 85, 167, 168, 278-287. 
The author was one of the naturalists attached to the late 
Abyssinian expedition. These notes give a good idea of the 
country through which he proceeded and such animals as pre- 
sented themselves to his observation on the mareh to Magdala 
and back, and subsequently on a journey into the Bogos country. 
Blytii, E. The Birds of South Africa. Journ. Travel and Nat. 
Hist. 1868, pp. 238-255. 
A review of Mr. Layard^s work, with the same title, written 
in a popular manner. Of the 792 species included bj'^ that 
gentleman, Mr. Blyth considers that 84 should be deducted. 
Grandidier, Alfred. Notes sur les mammiferes et oiseaux 
observes h Madagascar, de 1865 h 1867. Rev. et Mag. de 
Zool. 1868, pp. 3-7. 
The conclusion of the series of papers noticed last year (Zool. 
Rec. iv. pp. 58, 59). Altogether, one hundred and fifty species 
are included, whereof 94 are indigenous to the island ; and, 
except birds of great powers of flight, all are proper to its fauna. 
. Letter on the Birds of Madagascar. Tom. cit. p. 48. 
Two species of Campephagidm hitherto thought distinct are 
identical. 
Gurney, J. II. An Eighth additional List of Birds from Natal. 
Ibis, 1868, pp. 40-52, pi. ii. 
. A Ninth additional List of Birds from Natal. Tom. cit. 
pp. 460-471, pi. X. 
The last (sevcntli) of this series of papers was noticed in our 
second volume (p. 70). The first of the two now before us adds, 
24 species (2 of which, belonging to Falconidec and Floceid(Sy are 
recognized as new) to the list, and the last 9 — the whole number 
(allowing for a correction, tom. cit. pp. 157, 158) now known to 
be found within the limits of the colony being 315. To each 
paper further remarks on species formerly included are appended ; 
and the field-notes of Mr. Ayres, who formed the collection, are 
included. 
. Notes on Mr. Layard^s ^ Birds of South Africa.^ Ibis, 
1868, pp. 135-164, 253-265, pis. iv., viii. Correction, 
p. 471. 
The object of these notes is to suggest points for further in- 
vestigation and, in a few instances, for amplification or correc- 
tion, should another edition of the work cited, which we noticed 
