] 8 Aves. 
AVES. 
Pelzeln, a. V. Beuicht iiber die Leistungen in der Naturgcschichte 
der Vogel wahrend des Jahres 1878. Arch. f. Nat. 1879 [pt. 5, pub- 
lished 1880], pp. 381-468. wahrend des Jahres 1879; op. cit. 
1880, pt. 4, pp. 1-96. 
Records of annual ornithological literature, executed with the author’s 
usual care. 
. Ueber eine fiinfte Sendung von Vogeln aus Ecuador. Verb. z.-b. 
Wien, xxix. pp. 625 & 526. 
This further collection [cf. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves, p. 22], made by L. 
Sodiro, contains no new species. 
. Ueber eine von Herrn Dr. Breitenstein gemachte Sammlung von 
Saugethieren und Vogeln aus Borneo. Tom. cit. [Birds] pp. 628-532. 
A collection containing several rare and interesting species. Platys- 
mums schlegeli \_Corvidce'\, from Sumatra, is here described as new. 
. Ueber die Ergebnisse der Reise des Herrn Alois Kraus nach 
Aegypten, Sumatra, und Java. Zool. Garten, 1880, [Birds] pp. 42 
& 43. [14 species.] 
. Raubvogeln aus Syrien. MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1880, p. 10. 
PiCAGLiA, — . Avifauna del Modenese. Ann. Soc. Mod. (2) xiv. 
Disp. 1-2. 
Pleske, T. See Russow, V. 
Powell, Wilfred. See Casuarius hennetti \^Casuarii\. 
Ramsay, E. P. Contributions to the Ornithology of New Guinea. Pt. vi. 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. pp. 464-470 [c/. Zool. Rec. xvi. Aves, 
p. 23], 
Amongst the new and rare birds obtained by Mr. Goldie, Astur 
hrachyurus [^Falconidcel^, Ninox terricolor [^Striges'], Piezorrhynchus 
melanocephalus \_MuscicapidcB], Sericornis ? fulvipectoris [^SylvUdfeli, 
Myzomela forhesi \^Meliphagklai\, spp. nn., Otidophaps nohilis var. n. 
cervicalis \_Columhce], are described. 
See also Lalage \Campopliagidob\. 
Ramsay, R. G. Wardlaw. Contributions to the Ornithology of 
Sumatra : Report on a Collection from the Neighbourhood of Padang. 
P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 13-16, pi. i. 
This collection made by Mr. Carl Bock consisted of 166 species, 7 of 
which do not appear to have hitherto been recorded from Sumatra, and 
3 more, Dicrurus sumatranus [Dicruridcel, Turdinus marmoratus \_Time- 
liidai], Myioplioneus castaneus {^'Turdidoi], are described as new, the last 
being figured. 
. Ornithological Notes from Afghanistan, No. II. On the Birds of 
the Hariab District. Ibis, 1880, pp. 45-71. 
The conclusion of the author’s paper on the birds of the Peiwar Kotal 
district [cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Aves, p. 24], the total number of species 
recorded being 88. 
