THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 19 
Nelson, E. W. Door-yard Birds of the Far-North [St. Michael’s, 
Alaska]. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. pp. 1-6. 
. See also Branta [^Anatidoi]. 
Neumann, M., & GtRUNEWAld, A. Beobachtungs-Notizen iiber das Jahr 
1879; gesammelt in Grossenhain und Umgegend. Orn. Centralbl. 
1881, pp. 25-28, 41-44, 57-60. 
The conclusion of this treatise [cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. Aves^ p. 16], which 
comprises 260 species. 
Newton, A. A History of British Birds, by the late William YarrelL 
4th Edition, Part xiv. London : 1881, 8vo. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. 
Aves^ p. 16 .] 
The Cuculidai are concluded ; the British members of the Upupidce^ 
Coraciidm^ Meropidce, consisting of one representative each, are discussed ; 
the Alcedinidm follow, and the Picidce are almost completed in this part. 
. See also Hypherpes and Hypositta [Sittidoi]^ Dendrocopus leuconotus 
[P^c^f?^e], Cariaina criatata [_Cariamidcc'] ; and articles Hoactzin, 
Honey-eater, Honey-guide, Hoopoe, Hornbill, Humming-bird, Ibis, 
Icterus (vol. xii,), Jabiru, Jacamar, Jacana, Jackdaw, Jay, Kakapo 
(vol. xiii.), in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed. 1881. 
& E. List of the Birds of Jamaica. Handbook of Jamaica for 
1881 (Kingston : 8vo) pp. 103-117. 
In this brief but accurate list, 189 species are enumerated, the 43 species 
hitherto only found in Jamaica being specially indicated. 
Nicholson, Francis. List of Birds collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in 
the Island of Java. Ibis, 1881, pp. 139-156. 
This list, supplementary to a previous communication [c/. Zool. Rec. 
xvi. Aves, p. 22], comprises 81 species, the majority of which are from 
the district of Bantam. 
Nordenskiold, a. E. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and 
Europe, translated by A. Leslie. London: 1881, 2 vols., 8vo. 
Numerous allusions to the birds of the Arctic regions are scattered 
through the pages descriptive of the discovery of the North-east pas- 
sage ; but for the species observed on the Chukch peninsula, off which 
the ‘Vega’ was imprisoned from 28th Sept. 1878, to 18th July, 1879, see 
vol. ii. pp. 41-47. In addition to many Palaearctic and Circum-polar species, 
several American forms made their appearance, such as Fuligula stelleriy 
Anser pictus & A. hyperboreus, So materia V-nigrum; Somateria specta- 
hills replacing S. molissima, which was either absent or exceedingly rare. 
On 1st July, a specimen of the rare gull Rhodostethia rosea was obtained, 
and many examples of the singular spoon-billed sandpiper, JEurynor- 
rJiynchus pygmams, were shot — and eaten — on their way to breeding 
grounds as yet unknown. 
Norgate, Frank. Notes on the Food of Birds. Zool. 1881, pp. 313-325, 
411-413. 
Oates, Frank, (the late). Mafcabele Land and the Victoria Falls, 
London : 1881, 8vo, 
Allusions to, and woodcuts of, some of the birds observed, are to be 
