THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 19 
Ratiibun, F. R. Bright Feathers ; or, Some North American Birds of 
Beauty. Pt. i., 4to, pp. 24, with one coloured plate. Auburn, N.Y. : 
1880. 
A picture-book of slight scientific or artistic merit. 
Reichenau, W. von. Die Nester und Eier der Vogel in ihren natur- 
lichen Beziehungen betrachtet. Leipzig : 1880, 8vo, pp. 110. 
Reichenow, a. Ueber eine Yogelsammlung aus Malange in Angola, 
eingesandt von dem Reisenden Otto Schiitt. MT. african. Ges. i. 
Not obtainable by the Recorder. From a review by J. V. B. du Bocage 
(supra, p. 3), the collection appears to contain 66 species, Upupa africana 
major being described as a new sub-species \_Upupidoi]. 
Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen [cf. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves, p. 23], 
pts. iii.-vi. pis. vii.-xviii. Cassel : folio. 
Coloured plates of Parrots, with descriptive text. 
. Die wissonschaftlichen Benennungon der Vogel. Oru. Centralbl. 
1880, pp. 25, 68, 156, 164. 
. Vogel der Vorwelt. Oru. Centralbl. 1880, pp. 129 & 145. 
. See also Fischer, G. A., and Clirysotis apophoenica^ sp. n. (Psittaci] 
Treron schalowi, sp. n. (Columbce], Barbatula fischeri, sp. n. \^Capi- 
tonidai]. 
, & SciiALOW, II. Compendium dor neu beachriebonen Gattungen 
und Arten. J. f. 0. 1880, pp. 97-102, 194-209, 314-324. 
. Aves: in Zool. JB. Neap. 1879. Leipzig; 1880, pp. 1108-1161. 
Rein, J. J. Japan, nach Reisen und Studien im Auftrage der koniglich 
Preussichen Regierung dargestellt. Erster Band. Natur und Volk 
des Mikadoreiches. Leipzig: 1881 [1880]. 
For a general notice of the Birds of Japan, see pp. 207^212, 
Reinhardt, J. See Lanius \Laniidoi\ 
Remouchamps, E. See Rhea americana \_Struthiones~\, 
Ridgway, Robert. On Six Species of Birds new to the Fauna of 
Illinois, with Notes on other Rare Illinois Birds. Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, V. pp. 30-32. 
6 species are enumerated, with remarks on 6 others. ' 
. On Current Objectionable Names of North American Birds. Tom. 
cit. pp. 36-38. 
. Notes on the American Vultures {Sarcorrhamphidte), with Special 
Reference to their Generic Nomenclature. Tom. cit. pp. 77-84. 
The author argues for the adoption of the family name Sarcor- 
rliamphidce instead of that of Cathartidce, and discusses the component 
genera, adding remarks on several little known species, the validity of 
some of which has been disputed (Cathartidce^. 
