14 Aves, 
AVES. 
near the southern frontier of the United States, had not previously 
been met with inside the limits of the Republic. All these additions 
are species belonging to Mexican and Guatemalan high lands. {^Troglo- 
dytidce, Fringillidoi, Tanagridcc, Corvidce, Tyrannidce^ Falconidce^ 
Mniotiltidce!\ 
Hen^haw, H. W. Report on the Ornithology of the portions of Cali- 
fornia visited during the Field- Season of 1875. In Wheeler’s Ann. 
Rep. Geogr. Explor. W. of 100th Mer., in California, Nevada, Utah, 
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, and Montana. Appendix 
JJ. Washington : 1876, 8vo, pp. 224-278. 
Contains a list with field notes. 
Hess, W. Erinnerungen an Sylt. Hanover : 1876, 8vo, pp. 148. 
(Zool. Gart. 1876, p. 223.) 
Heuglin, T. V. Briefliches aus Nordost Afrika. J. f. 0. 1876, 
p. 212. 
Contains, inter alia^ an extract from a work by Dr. H. Couvidou, 
entitled “ Voyage a travers de I’lsthme de Souez,” wherein a breeding- 
place of the Flamingo in Lake Menzaleh is described. 
Homeyer, E. F. Deutschlands Saugethiere und Vogel, ihr Nutzen und 
Schadsn. Zool. Gart. 1876, pp. 81-90. 
. Bastard von Ilirundo rustica und urhica, J. f. 0. 1876, p. 203. 
. Ueber die Mauser von JIarelda glacialis. Tom. cit. p. 317. 
Die Zugstrassen der Vogel. Von J. A. Palmen. Tom. cit. 
p. 387. 
A review [c/. p. 21, infrd^. 
Hoscir, F. Ueber den Sehapparjit der Vogel. Zool. Gart. 1876, pp. 
421-432. 
An essay, illustrated with woodcuts, on the organ of sight in birds. 
Hudson, W. H. Note on the Spoonbill of the Argentine Republic. 
P. Z. S. 1876, p. 15. 
Mr. Hudson thinks that there is evidence of another species of Spoon- 
bill in the Argentine Republic besides Platalea ajaja. 
. Notes on the Rails of the Argentine Republic.. Tom. cit. pp. 
102-109. 
Notes, full of interest, on the habits of Rails of the Argentine Re- 
public, and of Aranus scolopaceus 2indi Parra jacana. {^Rallidcey Aramidoi^ 
Parridoi.~\ 
IIuME, A. O. Novelties? Str. Feath. 1876, pp. 214-216. {Pycno- 
notidce.~\ 
. Recently described species. Tom. cit. pp. 216-220. 
Descriptions. of new species by Lord Walden and Mr. Godwin- Austen 
published in the Ibis, for 1875, and Ann. N. H.. 1875, are here repro- 
duced. 
