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menced ; but ten parts^ which are said to appear monthly^ have 
reached England. Each contains six plates, very fairly executed, 
and a small portion of accompanying letterpress. The species 
figured will be found named in the special part. 
Gould, John. Additions to the List of the Avifauna of Aus- 
tralia, with descriptions of Three New Species, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1866, pp. 217, 218. 
. The new species belong to Meliphagidce, Museicapidcdf and Sylviidce ; the 
additions are Rallina tricolor and Hydrochelidon leucoptera. 
GRiEPFE, Ed. Notizen fiber die Fauna der Viti-Inseln. Ver- 
handl. k.-k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1866, pp. 585-596, 
• A list of 46 species of birds found in the (Feejee) Islands is given at 
pp. 695, 696. No remarks are made upon them. 
Hartlaub, G. On Five New Species of Birds from the Feejee 
Islands. Ibis, 1866, pp. 171-173. [See CucuLiDiE,^^ 
Ampelid^,^^ LANiiDiE,^^ and Ballid^e.^^] 
Bamsay, Edward P. Notes on the most frequent Foster- 
parents of the Cuckoos of Australia. Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1866, pp. 571-577. 
This paper contains an account of the breedjng of three species of Accrn- 
thiza, two of Gcohasihms, and one of Geryyone. 
— — . Additional List of Birds from Port Denison. Ibis, 
1866, pp. 325-336. 
The number of species is raised from 45 (Zool. Becord, ii. 
p. 76) to 138. The locality appears to be situated at about the 
Southern limit of the North Australian birds and the northern 
limit of those of New South Wales. 
. On Australian Oology. [See Oology.^^] 
Schlegel, H. De Vogels van Nederlandsch Indie, beschrcven 
en afgebeeld. Monographic 3, Valkvogels (Accipitres) . 
Haarlem : 1866. 4to, pp. 84, tabb. xxviii. figg. 109. 
This monograph of the Accipitres of the Dutch Indies is in 
continuation of the series we noticed last year (Zool. Becord, ii. 
p. 76) and is on exactly the same plan. The figures, of which a 
list will be found in the special part, are beautifully drawn. 
Wallace, A. B. Ueber die Tauben des malayischen Archipels. 
Journ. ffir Orn. 1866, pp. 269-285. 
A German translation, by Dr. E. von Martens, of the paper (Ibis, 1865, 
pp. 365-400) noticed last year (Zool. Becord, ii. pp. 76-78), with the omis- 
sions, however, of nearly all the bibliographical references, the author’s fields 
notes, and the geographical tables. 
NEABCTIC BEGION. 
Baird, S. F. Beview of American Birds in the Museum of the 
Smithsonian Institution. Part I. (continued). North 
