AYES. 
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Mormon fratercula .... PI. 1. 
Thalassidroma pelagica „ 2. 
Strepsilas collaris .... ,, 3. 
CEdicnemus crepitans . ,, 4. 
Perdix cinerea „ 6. 
Anas nigTa „ 6. 
Gallinula cliloropus . . w 7, 
Perdix coturnix PI. 8. 
Strix flammea ,, 9. 
Buteo apivorus „ 10. 
Anas mollissima ,, 11. 
Scolopax riisticola .... „ 12. 
Fnlica atra ; ,, 14. 
Cnrsoriiis isabeUinns . ,, 15. 
Pelzeln, a. von. Reise tier osterreicliischen Fregatte Novara^ 
II. s. w. Yogel. [See under "General Subject.^^] 
Plate V. of this work represents the young of Eudyptes 
chrysocome. 
OOLOGY. 
BalcHj D. M. Notes on the Habits and Distribution of the 
Duek Hawk or American Peregrine Falcon in the Breeding- 
Season, and Descriptions of the Eggs. Proc. Essex Inst, 
iv. p. 153. 
This paper we have not seen. We quote its title from the 
list of publications printed by the Institute. 
Elliot, D. G. A Monograph of the Teiraonince or Family of 
the Grouse. New York : 1865. Imp. fol. 
Two of the plates in this work contain most excellent figures 
of the eggs of the following species : — 
Tetrao urogallus .... PI. i. figs. 1, 2 
Lyruriis tetrix .... 
3,4 
Bendragapus obscuriis 
i) 
5-7 
richardsoni .... 
i) 
8-12 
Canace canadensis .... 
)) 
13-17 
franklini 
)) 
18 
Pedioecetes columbianus 
}) 
19-21 
— — phasianellus .... 
22-25 
Cupidonia cupido .... 
V 
26-30 
Lagopus albus PI. li. figs. 1-5 
Lagopus scoticiis .... PI. ii. figs. C-9 
Bonasa umbelloides „ 11-15 
sylvestris „ 14,13 
sabinii „ 16 
iimbelliis „ 17-21 
Lagopus riipestris 
(remhardti) „ 22, 23 
(vents) . . „ 24, 25 
(islandicus) „ 26 
miitus „ 27-30 
Fatio, V. L^Oometre. Bull. Soc. Orn. Suisse, i. pp. 94-110, 
pi. iii. 
The description of a very ingenious instrument, by means of 
which not only may the dimensions of an egg be accurately 
taken, but its actual shape can be expressed in an algebraical 
formula. The instrument would be of equal service to con- 
ch ologists. ' 
Holtz, L. Beobachtungen aus derYogelwelt Neii-Yorpom- 
merns. Journ.fiir Orn. 1865, pp. 100-128, 174-191. 
This paper contains a very great quantity of facts from ob- 
servations most carefully made, and nearly all relating to the 
breeding of the birds found in the district. Yery precise details 
