THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aocs 5 
[Brewster, W.] See also GEstrelata, Thalassidroma {ProceXlariidtc^ 
PoUoptila californica, sp. n. \_Sylviidoi\ Nyctale \^Striges]^ Helmin- 
topliaga \_MnioiiltidcG]. 
Brooks, W. E. See Dumeticola {^Sylmidce], 
Brown, J. A. Harvie See Oordeaux, J. ; and Cyanecula wolfi [Twr- 
didai], 
Bruce, D. See Charadrius morinellus [Charadi'iidw']. 
BCciiner, E., & Pleske, T. Beitivige zur Ornithologie des St. 
Petersburger Gouvernemeuts. Beitr. Russ. Reiches (2) iv. pp. 
63-178. 
An interesting compendium, comprising 211 species. 
Budge, J. Ueber die Harnblase bei Vogelembryonen. Deutsche 
Medic. Wochenschr, 1881, No. 6. 
Buller, W. L. See Harpa {^Falconidce]. 
Burmeister, H. See Tamioptera [^Tyrannidoi]. 
Butler, E. H. A Tentative Catalogue of the Birds of the Deccan and 
South Mahratta Country. Str. Feath. ix. pp. 3G7-442, with illustra- 
tive map. 
The reproduction, in a modified and improved form, of a paper 
originally contributed to the * Bombay Gazetteer.’ The catalogue com- 
prises 452 species, 3 of which are of doubtful validity, and 20 of question- 
able occurrence in the district. 
Cabanis, j. See Psaltrites helvivcntris^ g. & sp. nn. [Panc/ce], Butio 
Jcutteri, sp. n. [^Ardeidce], Rallina {Eiiryzona) zonaventris, sp. u. 
l^Rallidce], Conurus gundlachi, sp. n. [Ps^^^t^c^]. 
Clarke, W. E., & Roebuck, W. D. A Handbook of the Vertebrate 
Fauna of Yorkshire. London & Leeds : 1881, 8vo (Birds by W. E. 
Clarke, pp. 17-89, and 136 & 137). 
A very good county list : the remarks on the extinction of Otis tarda 
\_Otididce\ are of especial interest. 
Collett, R. Zoologisk Literatur i Norge i Aarene 1879 og 1880. 
Nor. Selsk. Skr. 1880, pp. 1-24 (Birds, pp. 6-8). 
An interesting review of Scandinavian papers, containing an abstract 
of the controversy between the author and L. Stejneger respecting 
some of the Laniidce. [Cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. AveSj p. 45, and xvii. Aves, 
p. 32.] 
. Mindre Meddelelser, vedrorende Norges Fugle-fauna i Aarene 
1877-1880. Nyt. Mag. Naturvid. xxvi. pp. 254-394. 
A second series [c/. Zool. Rec. xiv. AveSy p. 6] of valuable notes on 
the Birds of Norway. On p. 259 is a discussion of the reported 
occurrence near the North Cape of the American Tardus lahradoriuSy 
