ETHIOPIAN REGION, 
27 
\ species, fills the great gap formerly existing between the limits 
of Mr.^^ayarcVs work (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 60) and Dr. Hartlaub’s 
^ Ornithologie West- Africa^ s7^ 
^Bocagb, J. V. Barboza du. Aves das possessoes Portuguezas 
da Africa, occidental. Sexta Lista. Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1872. 
( A list of 46 species, collected on the Coroca, south of Mossa- 
medes. One, said to be new, is indicated, but not named 
{Laniid(s).J 
Buckley, T. E. [See Shelley, G. E.] 
Gurney, J. H. [See Andersson, C. J.] 
/Heuglin, M. T. von. Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika^s, der Nil- 
quellen- und Kiisten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des 
nordlichen Somal-Landes. Lieferungen 24-27. Cassel : 
1872. Imp. 8vo, pp, i-xlviii, 853-016, pls^ ii., iii., xlii., xliii. 
This work makes satisfactory progress. iParts 24 and 25 
contain an appendix on the AccipitreSj containing an excellent 
series of notes by Dr. Finsch. Part 26 begins the second vo- 
lumej [See also Ooology.^^] 
Newton, Alfred. On an undescribed Bird from the Island of 
^ Rodriguez. Ibis, 1872, pp. 31-43. . [Ai'idae,] 
,Reichenow, Dr. A. Briefliche Reiseberichte aus West-Afrika. 
J. f. O. 1872, pp. 390-392. 
Sharpe, R. B. On recent Collections of Birds from tlic Fantec 
Country in Western Africa. Ibis, 1872, pp. 66-74. 
I Contains notices of many rare species. The number now seen 
by the author from this locality is 271.^ 
/ . Contributions to the Ornithology of Madagascar. — Part 
iii. P. Z S. 1872, pp. 866-869, pi. Ixxiii. 
^'^Contains a few additional remarks to former papers (Zool. 
Rec. viii. p. 37). y 
^Sharpe, R. B., & Ussher, H. T. On Three new Species of 
Birds from the Fantee Country. Ibis, 1872, pp. 181-183. 
\^trigid(B, TrogonideB, Nectar iniidce,'] 
^HELLEY, G. E. A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt. Roy. 
8vo. London 1872, 342 pp., xiv. pis. 
A handy volume,! collecting together many scattered notes by 
recent writers on 352 species found in Egypt, to which much 
original matter is added J 
^ Shelley, G. E., & Buckley, T. E. Two months' Bird-collect- 
ing on the Gold Coast. Ibis, 1872, pp. 281-308. 
( Short notes on many of the birds observed, and descriptions 
