THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 11 
IIanf, P. Blasius. Ornithologischen Beobachtungen aus Ober-Stier- 
mark. Orn. Centralbl. 1880, pp. 113 & 149. 
Hart, H. C. Notes on the Ornithology of the British North Polar 
Expedition, 1875-76. Zool. 1880, pp. 121-129, 204-214. 
The author was naturalist to H.M.S. ‘ Discovery,’ and his observations 
supplement those of Capt. Feilden of H.M.S. ‘ Alert.’ 
Harting, J. E. Hawks and Hawking. Zool. 1880, pp. 273-290. 
-. Dr. Lamb’s “ Ornithologia Bercheria.” Tom, cit. pp. 313-325. 
Dr. Lamb’s unpublished Catalogue of the Birds of Berkshire, written 
in 1814, is now printed with editorial notes. 
. Some Notes on Hawking as formerly practised in Norfolk. Tr. 
Norw. Sc. hi. pp. 79-94. 
See also Rood, E. H., and Actiturus \_Scolopacidai\. 
& Robert, L. P. Glimpses of Bird-Life pourtrayed with Pen and 
Pencil. London : 1880, fo., 20 coloured plates, &c. 
A handsome illustrated book, with popular descriptions of familiar 
birds. 
Hartlaub, G. Ueber einige neue von Dr. Emin Bey, Gouverneur der 
aequatorial ProvinzeniEgyptens, um Lado, Oentral-Afrika, entdeckte 
Vogel. J. f. 0. 1880, pp. 210-214. 
A new genus, Sorella, near Nigrita^ type, S. eminihey [sic], sp. n. \_Plo- 
ceidce]^ Dryoscopus cinerascens, sp. n. \^LaniidoB]^ Acrocephalus albo- 
torquatus, sp. n. [^Sylvudoi], Anthreptes orientalis^ sp, n. \^N ectariniidcR], are 
described. 
. On some New Birds Discovered and Collected by Emin Bey in 
Central Africa, between 5° and 2° N. lat., and 31*^ and 32® E. long. 
P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 624-627. 
Tricholais flavo-torquata, Cisticola hypoxantha^ spp. nn., Eminia lepida^ 
Drymocichla incana, gg. & spp. nu. \Timeli%d(E^^Muscicapainfulata^^p.Ti. 
[^Muscicapidce], are described. 
. See also Ardea rutenhergi, sp. n. \_ArdeidoB\^ Hyphantica cardinalis^ 
sp. n. \_Ploceidce], 
Henshaw, H, W. Ornithological Report upon Collections made in 
Portions of California, Nevada, and Oregon. In Wheeler’s Ann. 
Rep. Geogr. Explor. W. of 100th Merid., &c.. Appendix L. pp. 282- 
335, Feb. 1880. 
An important treatise on the distribution of species as largely 
influenced by the climatic conditions on either side of the Sierra 
Nevada of California and the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, which, with 
the Rocky Mountains to the east, enclose what may be styled the Middle 
Faunal Province. The specific validity of many forms is discussed, and 
the field-notes are, as usual, excellent. 
See also Somateria [^AnatidcB], 
Hodek, E. Ornis und Jagd zwischen Unna und Drina [along the River 
Save, Bosnia]. MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1880, p. 2. 
