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AVES. 
Contains many original observations, with references to 
some of the authors who have studied the matter. 
Streets, T. Hale. Remarks on Huxley^s Classification of 
Birds. P. Ac. Philad. 1870, pp. 84-88. 
A few criticisms and additional notes on Prof. Huxley’s cele- 
brated paper (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 40). 
Swinhoe, R. List of Birds collected by Mr. Cuthbert Colling- 
wood during a cruise in the China and Japan seas, with 
Notes. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 600-604. 
The specimens collected by Mr. Collingwood during his voy- 
age (Zool. Rec. V. p. 33) have been examined and named by the 
author. They belong to 33 species. 
Tristram, H. B. Notes on some Old-World species of Pas- 
serine Birds [Cinclidds, Turdidee, Sylviidce^. Ibis, 1870, 
pp. 493-497. 
Wood, T. W. The Courtship of Birds. Stud. 1870, pp. 113- 
125, pis. 
A popular essay on this subject, illustrated by sketches of 
some of the extraordinary positions assumed by the male of 
various species during the season of love. 
PALiEARCTIC REGION. 
Adams, Arthur. Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Man- 
churia. London : 1870. 8vo, pp. 334. 
An interesting volume, but calling for no special remark from 
an ornithologist. 
Baldamus, E. Ornithologisches aus meinen Tagebiichern. J. 
f. O. 1870, pp. 94-118. 
Notes of a journey in Southern Germany and Switzerland. 
Bettoni, Eugenio. Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidifi- 
cano in Lombardia ad illustrazione della raccolta ornitolo- 
gica dei fratelli Ercole ed Ernesto Turati, con tavole 
litografate e colorate prese dal vero da O. Dressler. 
Milano: 1870. Folio. Vol. ii. fascicoli xxiv. 
A continuation of the work before noticed (Zool. Rec. vi. 
p. 31). The species of which the young and eggs are figured 
will be named under Neossology and Oology.’’ 
Buckley, T. E. [See Elwes, H. J.] 
De Selys-Longchamps, Baron. Notes on various Birds ob- 
served ill Italian Museums in 1866. Ibis, 1870, pp. 449- 
455. 
