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blamed for not knowing facts published for the first time by Mr. Hume 
in this present paper. [See also Walden, Viscount.] 
. Messrs. Sclater and FinscVs Index to the Ornithological Litera- 
ture of 1872. Tom. cit. pp. 451-453. 
Corrects a few errors in the list with regard to the author’s papers (cf. 
Sclater, Ibis, 1874, pp. 185, 188). 
Pelzeln, a. VON. Bericht fiber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte 
der Vogel wahrend des Jahres 1873. Arch. f. Nat. 1874 (2), 
pp. 1-106. 
By far the most exhaustive Record ever yet compiled. 
Sclater, P. L. Dr. A. B. Meyer’s Ornithological Discoveries in New 
Guinea. Ibis, J.874, pp. 416-420. [See “Australian Region.”] 
. New and forthcoming Bird-books. Tom. cit. pp. 172-181. 
A review of recent ornithological works. 
WALDEtf [Arthur Hay], Viscount. A Reply to Mr. Allan Hume’s 
Review of “Die Papageien” of Dr. Otto Pinsch. Tom. cit. pp. 270- 
299, 
Shows the injustice of most of the reviewer’s charges against Dr. 
Finsch. 
The General Subject. 
CouES, E. Field Ornithology. Salem, Mass. : 1874. 8vo. 
Contains instructions for collectors both in the field and at home, to 
which is added a “ Check List ” of the birds of North America, 635 in 
number. 
Dresser, H. E., & Blanford, W. F. Notes on the specimens in the 
Berlin Museum, collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg. Ibis, 1874, 
pp. 335-343. 
A paper of vast importance to the student of Palaearctic Ornithology. 
The identifications are too numerous to be given in detail, the greater 
number referring to the family Sylviidce. 
Elliot, D. G. [See Wolf, J.] 
Fritsch, K. Normale Zeiten fur den Zug der Vogel uud verwaudte 
Erscheinungen. Denk. A^. Wien, xxxiii. pp. 199-258. 
Incorporates the observations of 13 or 14 years (1854-68). The 
author’s official position has enabled him to collect an immense amount 
of data, which have been worked up most satisfactorily. The more im- 
portant results as to dates, places, &c. , are epitomized in tables, thus 
facilitating a comprehension of the elaborate problem as to the laws of 
migration, &c., in birds. The numbers of the various groups of birds, 
and the great areal range through which these observations extend, en- 
hance the value of this able communication. Side by side, — seasons, 
times, and localities being accnrs^tely noted, — the Avifauna of Austria 
(proper), Bohemia, Hungary, Galizia, Tirol, Belgium, and Norway, are 
compared. The author’s special object is to register and elucidate: — 1, 
the arrival and departure of the birds of passage ; 2, the appearance 
