AVES. 
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They are all from localities in the Neptropical Region^ and belong to the 
families Ccerehidce (genus novum S 2 wdiornis), Virconidcc, TtirdidcCj and Tro^ 
fflodytidce. 
ScLATERj P. L.j and Salvin^ O. Catalogue of Birds collected by- 
Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Ucayali, Eastern Peru, with 
Notes and, Descriptions. Ibid. pp. 175-201. 
The specimens contained in the collection amounted to about 
700, representing 252 species, and were procm’ed on the river 
named between Nauta and Cashaboya ; and, as the only work 
giving any connected account of the ornithology of this district 
is Tschudi^s ^ Eauna Peruana,-’ a great addition to our know- 
ledge of its avifauna is made by Mr. Bartlett’s labours, which 
are clearly set forth by the authors. Eleven species prove to 
be new, belonging to the families Trochilidce, FormicariideSj 
DendrocolaptidcBf Cotingidce (genus novum), Tyrannidoiy and 
Fringillidoi, which will all be found noticed in our special part. 
, . On some additions to the Catalogue of Birds 
collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Ucayali. Tom. 
cit. pp. 566, 567. 
Twenty species in addition to those noticed in the former list 
are noticed. None are described as new. 
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 
Altum, B. Ueber spate Bruton. Journ. fiir Orn. 1866, 
pp. 107-111. 
The number of eggs in late broods is almost always less than in the first, 
and the nests are more slightly built ; parental affection likewise diminishes, 
and the old birds feed the young less freq[uently. These last also are weaker, 
and the proportion of females among them is greater. 
CoQUEREL, C. (See Gervais, P.) 
Dieck, R. De-Sterno Avium. Halis Saxonum : [1865]. 8vo, 
PP-31. 
An inaugural dissertation at the author’s graduating in the University of 
Halle. One of the theses he lays down is, that the sternum is the best 
character for defining the genus, llis researches are based upon the exami- 
nation of this part in 115 species, chiefly Accipitres and Passer es. llis use 
of anatomical terms is in seA^eral respects very different from that which 
commonly obtains. ( Cf. Ibis, 1807, pp. 246, 247.) 
Drosier, W. II . On the Functions of Air-Cells and the Mode 
of Respiration in Birds. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd scr. 
1800, xvii. pp. 313-316. 
This is the abstract of a paper read before the Cambridge 
Philosophical Society, 12th Feb. 1866. After mentioning the 
facts and theories which have been brought forward to account 
for the air-cells, the author proceeds to show that it is impos- 
sible for birds to gain any real advantage from the rarification 
1866, [voL. III.] . r 
