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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE, 
concludes this interesting paper on a country of which so little 
was known. 
Downs, A. On the Land-Birds of Nova Scotia. Proc, Nov. 
Scot. Inst. Nat. Sc. ii. pp. 38-51. 
Sixty-one species are treated of, hut the paper has only a local 
interest. 
Dresser, H. E. Notes on the Birds of Southern Texas. Ibis, 
1865, pp. 312-330, 466-495. [Concluded abis,^ 1866,pp. 
23-46.] 
The author resided in this region from June 1863 to July 
1864, and made many excursions to different localties. At San 
Antonio he fell in with the late Dr. A. L. Heermann, who aided 
him materially. These notes consequently contain much in- 
formation relating to the birds of the country, and especially to 
their distribution in it. Several species of considerable rarity 
were met with. 
[Mueller, J. W.] Systematisches Verzeichniss der in Mexico 
beobachteten und gesammelten Vogel, pp. 26, 8vo. 
It appears from Dr. Hartlaub^s ^ Bericht ^ for 1864 that this 
list, which is said to be the fullest yet published of the Birds of 
Mexico, is from the third volume of the author^s ^ Reisen in 
Mexico und den Yereinigten Staatcn.^ The separately-printed 
copy we have seen bears no author^s or printer's name or date 
pr place of publication : 621 species are enumerated^ and a few 
synonyms added. 
Whitely, H. Catalogue of North American Birds and Eggs, 
arranged in cabinets in the museum of the Royal Artillery 
Institution, Woolwich. Woolwich: 1865. Roy. 8vo,pp.23. 
We notice this publication chiefly for the purpose of drawing 
attention to the flourishing Museum at Woolwich. 
NEOTROPICAL REGION. 
Cassin, John. On some Conirostral Birds from Costa Rica in 
the Collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. 
Philad. 1865, pp. 169-172. 
Twenty-two species are mentioned, of which three, Arremon 
rufidorsalisj Buarremon crassirostrisj and Buphonui aimece [sic] 
are described as new. 
Landbeck, Luis. Beitrage zur Ornithologie Chiles. Archiv 
fur Naturgesch. 1864, i. pp. 55-62. 
Two supposed new species are described, Dench'oeca atricapilla 
and Arundicola citreola. 
