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place therein. Some bibliographical notes on Sir Andrew^s 
various ornithological publications, copies of which are very rare, 
are also added in the passage above cited, and again subsequently 
(Ibis, 1868, pp. 502, 503). [C/. Ibis, 1869, pp. 78, 79.] 
Peters, W. Vorlaufige Mittheilung iiber einige neue Vogelar- 
ten aus Mossambique. Journ. fiir Orn. 1868, pp. 131-134. 
Thirteen species are described as new. They belong to the 
families Alcedinidm^Cajiriniulgidm, Oriolid( 2 j Dicrurid(B, l\rdid( 2 y 
Sylviidoij FloceidcHy and Fringillidoi, 
Pollen, F. P. L. [See Schlegel, H., et Pollen, F. P, L.] 
ScHLEGEL, II.; et Pollen, F. P. L. Recherches sur la Faune de 
Madagascar et de ses Dependances, d^apres les decouvertes 
de MM. F. P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. Mammiferes 
et Oiseaux. Livraisons iii., iv. Leyde : 1867-68. Roy. 
8vo, pis. 
The ornithological portion of this beautifully illustrated work, 
before noticed by us (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 61), is now completed. 
Besides the account of the birds collected by the naturalists 
whose labours it is especially intended to record, it contains a 
commentary on Dr. Ilartlaub^s ^ Ornithologischer Beitrag zur 
Fauna Madagascar's^ (Bremen: 1861), and several lists — one 
showing roughly the geographical distribution of birds in Mada- 
gascar and the neighbouring islands, and another the number 
of specimens from that subregion possessed by the Leyden Mu- 
seum. The commentary on Dr. Ilartlaub^s work is not, we 
think, as carefully executed as it might have been had the 
authors not been content with thinking that their museum (un- 
doubtedly very rieh in this respect) contained almost everything 
the subregion produced. [C/*. Ibis, 1868, pp. 476, 477; 1869, 
pp. 112, 113.] 
Smith, A. C. The Nile and its Banks, &c. London : 1868. 
2 vols. sm. 8vo, pp. 282 and 295. 
To an agreeably-written narrative of a voyage on this river, 
the author appends (ii. pp. 197-283) a chapter on the ornitho- 
logy of Egypt, besides giving a list of the species {tom. cit. pp. 
xi-xiv) he himself saw in that country, 101 in number. \Cf. 
Ibis, 1869, pp.llO, 111.] 
Sperling, Rowland M. Ornithological Notes from the Ethio- 
pian Region. Ibis, 1868, pp. 282-295. 
These notes were made on a cruise from Capo Town to Zan- 
zibar and back ; but the author was hindered from visiting 
several of the most interesting localities by the way. Forty- 
three species were noticed. A description of the breeding-place 
of Sterna fuliginos a at Ascension is also included. 
