30 Aves. 
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A short account of Prof. Steere’s expedition to the Philippines, with 
special reference to the collection of birds made in several previously 
unvisited islands. 10 new species are described briefly, a fuller account 
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. A Eevision of the Family Indicaioridod. Orn. Misc. i. pp. 
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This family is divided into two genera. Indicator and Prodotiscus^ the 
former containing 10 and the latter 2 species. All the species are 
described and their synonymy and range given. 
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The distribution of the different species of Strix is fully given in this 
paper, and range traced on maps of the world. 
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Fifteen species of this genus are recognized, and details of their range 
given. 
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* . [See Layard, E. L.] • 
Shelley, G. E. A Monograph of the Cinnyridm^ or Family of Sun- . 
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This work is intended to be completed in 12 parts, of which the first 
and second appeared in 1876. It is proposed to figure all, or nearly ^ 
all, the species of Cinnyridm^ or Nectariniidee, as it is better to call 
the family. The plates are well executed by Keulemans, and the text 
contains a summary of the literature, the life-history so far as known, 
and descriptions of the sexes and young of each species. The distribu- 
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