AVES. 
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concluded with a synonymic list (containing the descriptions of 
two new species ) , and a table showing their geographical distri- 
bution, 
NEARCTIC REGION. 
Raird^ S. F. Review of American Birds in the Museum of the 
Smithsonian Institution. Part I. North and Middle 
America. Washington: 1864. Royal 8vo, pp. 1-176. 
This work is a catalogue of the birds of Northern and Middle 
America, with such critical notices of them as appear to be 
called for, and a list of specimens selected to show the geogra- 
phical distribution of the species. The words North America 
are used to mean all the region north of a line drawn from 
the mouth of the Rio Grande to that of the Yaqui, including 
Greenland. Middle America extends from the same line 
southward to the continental part of South America, including 
the Isthmus of Panama, and the whole of the West-Indian 
Islands except Trinidad, and perhaps Tobago. 
It therefore follows from Prof. Baird’s definition that this 
work treats of manj^ species which properly belong to our next 
division. 
Loan, J. K. List of Birds collected and presented by the Bri- 
tish North American Boundary Commission to the Royal 
Artillery Institution. Proc. Roy. Artill. Instit. 1864, pp. 
110-126. 
This collection consists of eighty-seven species, and short 
notices respecting them are given by the author, who accom- 
panied the Commission above-named as naturalist. The lo- 
calities whence the specimens were procured are fully given, 
and the paper is of some value in determining the geographical 
distribution of birds in North-western North America. 
Samuels, E. A. A descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of 
. Massachusetts. Boston : 1864.” * 
ScLATER, P. L. List of a Collection of Birds procured by 
Mr. G. H. White in the vicinity of the City of Mexico. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, pp. 172-179. 
The first collection of birds from this locality that had come 
under the author’s notice. It contains specimens of 156 species, 
amongst which are several additions to the Mexican avifauna, 
but none seem to be new to science. 
* We have been unable to procure a copy of this publication, and only 
quote its title from the ‘ Journal fiir Ornithologie ’ (1864, p. 400). 
