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AVES. 
OouES, Elliott. Fasti Ornithologiae redivivi. No. 1. ‘^Bartram^s 
Travels.” P. Ac. Philad. 1875, pp. 338-358. 
According to the author, 20 of the names employed by Bartram in the 
list of birds published in his “ Travels ” ought to be used. Of these, 10 
are already employed, and it is argued that the remaining 10 should in 
future be used for others now current. The absence of anything that 
can be called a sufficient description accompanying these names, in our 
opinion, justifies their rejection. Take, for instance, Bartram’s mention 
of a bird supposed by Coues to be Botaurus lentiginosus \ all that is 
said is “ Ardea mugitans, the marsh bittern, or Indian hen/’ which we 
should say was giving a bird three compound names, and not describing 
it at all, yet the author considers that the American Bittern should in 
future be called Botaurus mugitans (Bartram) I n 
. Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen Island, made 
in Connection with the American Transit of Venus Expedition, 
1874-75. By J. H. Kidder, M.D., Passed Assistant Surgeon U.S. 
Navy. I. Ornithology, by Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A. Washington : 
1875. 8vo, pp. 47. 
The personal observations on the birds of this island are by the first 
mentioned author, the naturalist to the American Transit of Venus Expe- 
dition, and the notes on th§ habits, &c., of each species are very full and 
interesting. Dr. Coues has worked out the technical part of the subject 
and supplied the names and synonymy. 
. On the Breeding of certain Birds. Am. Nat. ix. pp. 75-78. 
This paper is dated from Fort Benton, Montana ; in it, the author 
describes the breeding of some species of birds as observed by him in 
the neighbourhood. 
COUGHTREY, MiLLEN. [See HUTTON, F. W., & OWEN, R.] 
Crommelin, j. P. van Wickevoort. Nouvelles Ornithologiques sur 
la Faune des Pays-Bas. Arch. Neerl. x. pp. 166-180. 
Contains supplementary notes to the author’s paper published in 
Arch. N4erl. iv. Some of the names adopted for certain Hawks 
in Sharpe’s Catalogue of Birds, vol. i., are examined with regard 
to that author’s views respecting them. A number of notes are 
given on birds occurring in the Netherlands, and the capture in that 
country of a specimen of Erismatura leucocephala, furnishes the 
author with an opportunity of giving a very complete account of that 
bird. 
D’Albertis, L. M. Letter from, giving some Account of several Excur- 
sions into Southern New Guinea. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 530-532. 
Gives a short account of an expedition from Yule Island into the 
adjoining mainland of New Guinea, and of the Birds and Mammals 
observed. 
Danford, Charles G., & Brown, John A. Harvie. The Birds of 
Transylvania. Ibis, 1875, pp. 188-199, 291-313, 412-434. 
A very full list of nearly 300 species of Transylvanian birds is made 
