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Oates, who have supplied a number of observations respecting the birds 
they met with. Mr. Oates adds an introductory note, describing briefly 
the country traversed. 317 species are noticed, and Mr. Hume gives a 
summary, showing the relationship of the Birds of Burmah to those of 
the adjoining countries. 
Hume, Allan O. What is a Species? Str. Feath. 1875, pp. 257-262. 
A. short argument, giving the author’s views on this question. 
. Recently described Species. Republications. Tom. cit. pp. 
279-284. 
The author proposes to reproduce the descriptions of species added to 
the Indian fauna since the publication of Jerdon’s work; and the present 
paper, in which nine species are described, is an instalment towards the 
end in view. 
. Novelties ? Tom. cit. pp. 296-303. \PiUidmi Nectariniidccy 
Ibididce^ Pycnonotidce^ Caprimulgidce.'] 
. Baza sumatrensis^ Lafr. ?. Tom. cit. pp. 313-316. 
Two specimens, one from Sikkim the other from the Tenasserim 
provinces, described, and believed to belong to Baza sumatrensis, 
Lafr. 
. A Second List of the Birds of Tenasserim. Tom. cit. pp. 
317-326. 
This list is based upon collections made in Tenasserim by Mr. Davison, 
and in it 79 species are added to former lists, raising the total number 
recorded from this district to 510 species. 
Hutton, F. W. Notice of the Earnscleugh Cave ; with Remarks on 
some of the more remarkable Moa Remains found in it, by Pro- 
fessor Millen Coughtrey, M.D. Tr. N. Z. Inst. vii. pp.^138-144. 
Describes this cave, wherein remains of Dinornis and Cnemiornis were 
found together with bones of other birds, including those of an extinct 
species of Duck since described as Anas finschi [cf. Van Beneden]. Dr. 
Coughtrey’s notes give descriptive details of the remains of certain 
muscles found adhering to a Moa’s neck, right femur, left fibula, and 
left tibio-tarsus. 
. On the Dimensions of Dinornis Bones. Tom. cit. pp. 274-278. 
The result of measurements of the femur, tibia, and metatarsus of 
more than 200 birds are here tabulated. The author believes that all 
or nearly all the species separated by Owen were really distinct. 
. Description of some Moa Remains from the Knobby Ranges; 
with Anatomical Notes, by Millen Coughtrey, M.D. Tom. cit. 
pp. 266-273, pi. xix. 
A right metatarsus with portions of the toes, a fragment of a left 
metatarsus, a right tibia, a left femur and a fragment of a sternum sup- 
posed to belong to Dinornis ingcns are here described. Dr. Coughtrey’s 
