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V The beginning of a very^omplete account of the birds of Cuba/ 
where the author resided for 30 years. A critical review of the 
works hitherto written on the ornithology of the island forms an 
appropriate introduction ; and the essay, so far as published, takes 
us to the end of Accipitres^ 
/ Hamilton, ,T. F. Notes on Birds from the Province of Sad 
Paulo, Brazil. Ibis, 1871, pp. 301-309. 
( Short notes on the habits of nearly 45 species. / 
/Hudson, W. II. Letters on the Ornithology of Buenos Ayres. 
P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 4-7, 258-2G2, 320-329. 
Good(notcs on some little-known species {cf. Zool. lice. vii. 
p. 34).j 
^ Lawrence, Gr. N. Descriptions of three new species of Arne- 
rican Birds [TyrannidfSj 7\ir didos, Tanagridos^, with a note 
on Eugenes spectdbilis. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. pp. 137-140. 
Nation, W. [See Sclater, P. L.] 
Salvin, Osbert. On the Psittacidos [q. v.] of Central America. 
Ibis, 1871, pp. 86-100, pi. iv. 
As an able contribution to zoogeography this must be men- 
tioned here. 
. [See also Sclater, P. L.] 
/ Sclater, P. L. On the Land-birds of Juan Fernandez. Ibis, 
1871, pp. 178-183, pi. vii. 
( Only six species known, which are either identical with or near 
representatives of Chilian forms ; and the islands of the group 
must have been colonized from Chilj) (see Trocliilidos, Dendroco- 
laptidos, and Tyrannidce). 
/ . On the Birds of the island of Santa Lucia, West Indies. 
P. Z. S. , 1871, pp. 203-273, pi. xxi. 
(A-fter a good review of the ornithological literature of the 
Lesser Antilles, the author describes a collection made by Mr. 
Semper in St. Lucia, and containing 25 species, one of which is 
nQyvJ[Icteridos ) . 
! . On the Birds of the vicinity of Lima, Peru. With 
notes on their habits, by Professor W. Nation, of Lima. 
^ (Part IV.) Tom. cit. pp. 496-498. 
Hn continuation of former papers (Zool. Bee. vi. pp. 51, 52). 
Only 5 species mentioned, one of which is new {T'yrannidoe) . J 
> . Bemarks on a Collection of Birds from Oyapok. Tom. 
di. pp. 749, 750. 
( Becords a few birds new to the locality, and gives a synopsis 
