16 Aves. 
AVES. 
Hume, A. O. Novelties. Tom. cit. pp. 484-489. [Floceidce, Timeliidce, 
FringilUdce.'] 
. Recently described species. Republications. Tom. cR pp. 489-496. 
Reproduces the descriptions of various Indian birds published dur- 
ing the last four or five years by God win- Austen, Brooks, Jerdon, and 
Sclater. 
. Notes. Tom. cit. pp. 496-507. [^Sylviidce^ Pycnonotidm^ Time- 
liidcBy CaprimulgidcB^ Fringillidcd, Laridce^ Anatidoe.'] 
. Note on Sturnus nitens, Hume. Tom. cit. p. 512. 
Hutton, F. W. Notes .on the Maori Cooking Places at the Mouth of 
the Shag River. Tr. N. Z. Inst. viii. pp. 103-108. 
Describes some of the objects excavated by Mr. Booth in this locality, 
amongst them being numerous remains of Dinornis. 
IvANOWiTSCH, Milan. Ueber das Flugvermogen der Vogel. J. f. O. 
1876, pp. 147-154. 
Jesse, W. Letter on Additions to the Birds of Corsica. Ibis, 1876, 
pp. 380-382. 
JOUDAN, D. S. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United 
States, including the district east of the Mississippi River, and 
north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of Marine 
Species. Chicago : 1876, 12mo. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. p. 90.) 
Kidder, J. H. Contributions to the Natural History of Kerguelen 
Island made in Connection with the United States Transit of Venus 
Expedition, 1874-75. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii. No. 3, pp. 122. 
Washington-; 1876. 
Though the great part of these contributions relate to other matter, a 
part (pp. 7-20) is devoted to a description of the nests and eggs, &c., 
of the birds found breeding on Kerguelen Island. Pp. 85-116 con- 
tain an anatomical and historical description of Chionis minor (in the 
compilation of which the author is associated with Dr. E. Coues), here 
separated as a distinct genus, Chionarchus, and with its ally, Chionis 
alba, placed in a group called Chionomorphce. 
Kjasrbolling, N. [See Collin, Jonas.] 
Krieger, O. V. Ueber Lercheujagd und Lerchenfang. J. f. O. 1876, 
pp. 67-76. 
Describes the different methods of attracting Larks, and the traps 
used for their capture. 
Lacroix, A. Ganga unibande, Pterocles arenarius (Temm. et Pallas.), 
Canard casarca. Anas casarca (Linn.), observes dans les environs 
do Toulouse. R. Z. (3) iv. p. 389 et seq. 
. Le Faucon concolore, Le Canard couronnd, et le Traquet obscur, 
dans le Midi de la France. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1876, pp. 91-93. 
These notes relate to Falco concolor, Anas leucocephala, and Saxicola 
squalida, Eversm. 
