14 Aves. 
AVES. 
[Homeyer, E. F. V.] Ornithologischo Briefe, Berlin, 1881, 8vo. pp. 340. 
Letters from many well-known ornithologists ; amongst the more 
interesting may be mentioned those from Max, Prince of Wied, the elder 
Brehm, Thienemann, Gloger, Girtanner, Badde (on the Birds of the 
Caucasus), Tancrd (on the Birds of Hiddensoo near Riigen, with an 
account of Ilaliaetus albicilla nesting on the ground), &c. 
. Die europaische Ornithologie und The Birds of Europe, by 
H. E. Dresser. Zool. Gart. 1881, pp. 267-279, 303-308, 326-329. 
Humbert, Alois. Les Odontornithes ou Oiseaux fossiles a dents de 
I’Amerique du Nord decrits par M. Marsh. Arch. Sc. Geneve (3) 
V. pp. 409-430. 
Hume, A. 0. Novelties? Str. Feath. ix. pp. 461-471. 
CallopJiasis hiimioe [sic] g. & sp. n., and Perdicula manipurensis, sp. n. 
[Phasianidce], are described. 
. Notes. Tom. cit. pp. 50?-507. 
. See also Biddulpii, J. ; and Passer pyrrhonotus IFringilluhc], 
Pernis tweedaliij sp. n. IFalconidce], 
Huntemann, J. Zur Fauna und Flora der Insel Arngast im Jado- 
busen. Abh. Ver. Brem. vii. [For Birds, see pp. 141 & 142.] 
Issel, a. Instruzioni scieutifiche pei Viaggiatori. Roma: 1881, 8vo. 
For instructions relating to the collection of Birds, with sketches oP 
the characteristics of the various families, and hints as to the points 
requiring special attention, see pp. 368-379. 
JlcKEii, A. J. See Tetrao intermedins [^Tetraonidce]. 
Jeffrey, W. Ornithological Notes from West Sussex ; Zool. 1881, 
pp. 47-50. 
Jeffries, J. A. On the Fingers of Birds. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. 
pp. 6-11. 
The structural evidence of the forearm and hand is considered to'point 
to the existence of fingers i. ii. iii. & iv., in birds. 
. On the Number of Primaries in Birds. Tom cit. pp. 156-163. 
The author gives the result of investigations which, so far as they go, 
promise to assist materially in determining the position of doubtful 
birds. 
Johnston, H. H. ^qq Phcenicopteridce. 
Jones, G. E. Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio. 
Circleville, Ohio : 1881, 4to, pts. v.-ix. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. Aves^ 
p. 13], 
Keliiam, H. R. Ornithological Notes made in the Straits Settlements, 
and in the Western States of the Malay Peninsula. Ibis, 1881, 
pp. 362-395, 501-532. 
Interesting observations on the Indo-Malayan portion of the Penin- 
sula, where the affinity of the avifauna is with that of India and Ceylon. 
