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identical with Australian species, a fact only recently determined 
by the author and Mr. Swinhoe, but since greatly corroborated 
by the researches of Prof. Schlegel and Mr. Gould. From the 
nature of the case it would be impossible to bring within the 
limits of this compilation an abstract of the many (not few 
identifications and rectifications of synonymy made by Mr. 
Blyth. The paper is one that must not be neglected by any 
student of Indian or Australian ornithology. 
Gould, John. The Birds of Asia. Part xvii. London * 
1865. Imp. folio. 
Of the sixteen species described and figured, two are new — 
Saxicola capistrata ( = S. leucomela, Jerdon nec Pallas) and S, 
montana, the last from Afghanistan. The true leucomela is 
also figured, but does not appear to be really Asiatic. Several 
others are not Indian,’^ but essentially Palsearctic or Au- 
stralian.^^ 
. Deseriptions of Four New Species of Bii’ds from Eastern 
Asia. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 663-665. 
They are Nectarinia (Arachnechthra) insignis, Otocompsa fus- 
cicaudata, Enicurus (lege Henicurus) guttatus, and E, (if.) sU 
nensis. 
SwJNHOE, Robert. Letters on Formosan and Chinese Orni- 
thology. Ibis, 1865, pp. 107-112, 230-234, 346-359, 
538-546. 
These letters are crowded with interesting details, and contain 
the descriptions of several new species, of which due notice will 
be found under the groups to which they belong. 
. Neau-Show. Birds and Beasts (of Formosa). From the 
18th Chapter of the revised edition of Tai-wan foo-che, 
Statistics of Taiwan. Proc. As. Soc. Shanghai, 1865,' 
pp. 39-52. 
This is a catalogue of Chinese names which the translator has 
endeavoured to identify with their scientific equivalents. As it 
is probably the first translation of the writings of a Chinese 
ornithologist, it is to be regarded as a curiosity. 
AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Bernstein, H. A. Ueber einen neuen Paradiesvogel und einige 
andere neue Vogel. Journ. fiir Orn. 1864*, pp. 401-410. 
Deseriptions of Schlegelia calva, Arachnotliera vagans, Zos~ 
terops fusca, Corvus megarhynclius, and Ptilonopus ochragaster 
* Not published till after March 1865. 
