AVES. ;67 
porhmity of describing a third new species from New Zealand 
, (Corvida) . {Cf. Ibis, 1868, p. 227.) 
Rosenberg, H. von. Een woord over den Grooten Paradijs- 
vogel {Paradisea apoda), gevolgd door eene korte beschrij- 
ving van eenige nieuwe, gedurende mijnen reistogt naar 
de Aroe- en Kei-Eilanden, ontdekteVogelsoorten. Natuurk. 
Tijdschr. voor Nederl. Indie, xxix. (1866) pp. 136-145. 
The supposed new species are seven in iltimber, but all have 
been shown by Prof. Schlegel to have been already described. 
(Zbol. Rec. iii. pp. 103-109.) 
NEARCTIC REGION. 
Baird, S. F. The Distribution and Migrations of North Ame- 
rican Birds. Ibis, 1867, pp. 257-293. 
A reprint in full of the able article we noticed last year. 
(Zool. Rec. iii. pp. 59, 60.) 
Brewer, T. M. Some Errors regarding the Habits of our Birds. 
American Naturalist, 1867, pp. 113-123. 
The erroneous statements corrected chiefly have to do with 
nidification or oology, and are from the works of Wilson, Audu- 
bon, Nutt all, and the author himself. 
Elliot, D. G. The Birds of North America. Parts III.-VIII. 
New York : 1867. Imp. fol. 
Six parts^ each containing five plates^ of this great work made 
their appearance in the course of the year. The species figured 
will be found named under the notice of the families to which 
they belong. {Cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 376, and 1868, p. 345.) 
Lawrence^ George N. Descriptions of New Species of Ame- 
rican Birds. Ann. Lyc. N. H. New York, 1867, pp. 466- 
482. [See ^^Neotropical Region.^^] 
MTlwraith, T. List of Birds observed near Hamilton, Canada 
West. Proc. Essex Inst. vol. v. pp. 79-96. 
The author^s observations extend over a period of ten years ; 
241 species are included by him as having been found in the 
locality. 
Samuels, Edward A. Ornithology and Odlogy of New Eng- 
land, &c. ■ Boston ; 1867. 8vo, pp. 583, pis. 
A popular work, of which the scientific portion is chiefly taken 
from Prof. Baird^s well-known ^ Birds of North America,’ and 
the accounts of the habits and so forth of the species compiled 
mainly from Wilson, Audubon, Nuttall, and other writers; but 
some original and hitherto unpublished notes on the birds of 
Lower Canada, by Mr. William Couper, are also inserted. The 
illustrations are extremely moderate, and, none of them being 
either novel or sufficiently characteristic to be of much use to 
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