8 Aves. 
AVES. 
Dubois, A. Fanne Illustree des Vert^bres de la Belgique. S^rie ii. 
Oiseaux. [^Cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. Aves^ p. 8.] 
42 Parts have been issued to end of 1881. 
. See also Turdidce, 
Elwes, H. J. See Crossoptilon harmani, sp. n. IPhasianidte']. 
Ewart, J. C. See Phalacrocorax [^Pelecanid(s\. 
Eyton, T. C. (the late). Osteologia Avium ; or, a Sketch of the Osteology 
of Birds. Complete with all Supplements. London : 1881, 4to. 
[Apparently a reprint.] 
Feilden, H. W. Note on the Birds collected on the cruise of tlie 
“Isbjorn” to Novaya Zemlya in 1879, in A. H. Markham’s “A Polar 
Reconnaissance,” London : 1881, 8vo, pp. 333-339. 
Twenty-six species were obtained : Cyanecula wolji being a straggler. 
The young in down of Stercorarias parasiticus (Linn.), i.e., the Long- 
tail, or Bulfon’s Skua, was obtained, probably for the first time. 
. Some Remarks on the Natural History of Franz-Josef Land. 
Tr. Norw. Sc. iii. pp. 201-211. 
Finscii, 0. Ornithological Letters from the Pacific — Nos. v. and vi. 
Ibis, 1881, pp. 102-115, No. vii. tom. cit. pp. 245-249, No. viii. tom. 
, cit. pp. 532-540. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. Aves^ p. 8.] 
These letters treat of the birds observed at the islands of Kushai (22 
species), Ponape (32 species), Nawodo or Pleasant Island, and a small 
portion of New Britain. 
. See also Sclater, P. L., and, for plates, MelipTiagidce^ Diceidcv, 
Columhos. 
Fontaine, A. de la. Effet des grands froids de Thiver 1879-1880 sur 
[les Oiseaux, pp. 83-89]. Publ. Inst. Luxemb. xviii. 
Fontana, Luis Jorge. El Gran Chaco. Buenos Aires: 1881, 8vo. 
At pp. 191-195 is a list of the birds observed during the author’s 
explorations of the vast and little known district forming part of the 
Argentine Provinces and Bolivia. 
Forbes, S. A. Studies of the Food of Birds, Insects, and Fishes. 
Illinois State Laboratory of Nat. Hist. Bull. No. 3, November 1880, 
pp. 1-100. [Not soon by the Recorder; cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 
vi. p. IIO.J 
Forbes, W. A. Contributions to the Anatomy of Passerine Birds 
Part iv. \_cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. Aves^ p. 9]. On some Points in the 
Anatomy of the Genus ConopophagUj and its Systematic Position 
P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 435-438. 
This genus, which has been placed by Sundevall and other anthors, 
among the Tyrannidce, has a tracheophone syrinx and four notches 
in the posterior organ of the sternum, a very unusual condition in 
Passerine birds ; the skull, visceral anatomy, myology, pterylosis, 
