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AVES. 
(The birds are fully treated of, with many excellent field-notes. 
One new species (Sylviidce) is describe^ 
. SwiNHOE, R. Descriptions of two new Pheasants and a new 
Garrulax from Ningpo, China \Turdid(B and Phasiardd(e\. 
P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 550-554. 
.Walden, [Authuh Hay,] Viscount. On a Collection of Birds 
recently made by Mr. A. H. Everett in Northern Borneo. 
Ibis, 1872, pp. 360-383, pi. xii. 
[ Pf the 49 species received, one (Falconidm) is new. Synonymy 
is most elaborately given.! ^ 
, & Layard, E. L. On Birds recently observed or obtained 
in the Island of Negros, Philippines. Tom. cit. pp. 93-107. 
pis. iv.-vi. 
(0£ the 17 species collected 3 are new (Picidce, Dicruridce, 
Columhid(B\ [See also Oology.^^] 
/ 
AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Buller, W. L. A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 4to. 
London: 1872. Parts 1-4, pp. 1-288, pis. 1-27. 
This admirable work, which places New Zealand in the front 
rank of countries from an ornithological ^point of view, does 
credit to all concerned in it. Nothing seems to have been 
spared to make it as good as possible ; and this fact is the more 
gratifying as in a few years many of the native species will pro- 
bably have become extinct, and the opportunity of observing 
their habits, which are in most cases very fully described, will be 
lost for ever. The selection of the species for illustration is judi- 
cious, and the plates are good. ^ [Cf, Ibis, 1872, pp. 194, 338.]^ 
, PiNscH, O. Zur Ornithologie der Samoa-Inseln. J. f. O. 1872, 
pp. 30-59. 
( The researches of Drs. Graffe and Kubary, supplementing 
those of Peale, bring the number of species inhabiting the group 
up to 51, of which 18 are peculiar to it. Their distribution in 
the three islands composing it is given in a tabular form ; and, 
as usual with this author, the paper contains many valuable 
critical notes^ 
. Remarks on some Birds of New Zealand. Tr. N. Z. 
Inst. v.pp. 206-312. 
An abstract of the following paper. 
— . Revision derVcigel Neuseclauds. J. f. 0, 1872, pp. 81-1 12, 
161-188, 241-274. 
Embodies the results of a long study of this remarkable Ornis. 
