THE GENEKAL SUBJECT. 
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[Ridgway, R.] List of Species of Middle and South American Birds 
not contained in the U. S. National Museum. Op. cit. iv. pp. 165-23. 
. List of Special Desiderata among North American Birds. Tom. 
cit. pp. 207-223. 
. Revised Catalogue of the Birds Ascertained to Occur in Illinois. 
Illinois State Laboratory of Nat. Hist., Bull. iv. pp. 163-208. 
341 species are recorded, and a list of 42 probable visitors is appended. 
. See also Fuligula rujina \_AnatidaiY^ Amazilia [^Trochilidcc]\ Cen- 
turus (review of geuus) \_Picidce\\ Buteo brachyurus [^Falconidm]. 
Roberts, T. S. The Water Birds of Minnesota. 9th Ann. Rep. Geol. 
& N. H. Surv. Minn, for 1880-1881, pp. 373-383. 
Rope, G. T. See Corvus corax [Corvidce]. 
Rosenberg, H. v. Yogel von Neu-Guinea’s Siidkiiste, Zool. Gart. 
1881, p. 26. 
116 species are enumerated, 53 of them being also found on the north- 
west coast. 
. Ein Jager Eldorado. Tom. cit. pp. 164-167. 
An account of a collecting-visit to the Lake of Limbotto, on the south 
side of the northern arm of the island of Celebes : the results being 364 
specimens belonging to 50 species, a list of which is given. 
Russ, Karl. Die fremlandischen Stubenvogel. iv. Erste Lieferung. 
Hanover: 1881, 8vo. 
This appears to be the commencement of a new series. [Q/*. Zool. Rec, 
xvii. Aves, p. 20.] 
Salvadori, T. Prodromus Ornithologiae Papuasise et Moluccarum. 
IX. Menuridce (1 species), Certhiidce (2 species), Nectarimidce (17 
species), Dicceidce (23 species), Meliphagidce (89 species) ; Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xvi. [for 1880-81, as per title-page, yet dated 1880 below, and 
published as a vol.in 1881 !] pp. 62-82. x. Brachypodidoi (3 species)) 
Pittidce (11 species), Timeliidai (14 species), Saxicolidce (1 species), 
SylvUdoi (10 species), MotacilUdiv (3 species), Ploceidm (12 species), 
SturnidcG (14 species), Oriolidce (7 species), Corvidoi (9 species) ; to7u. 
cit. pp. 183-199. 
In Part ix., 1 new genus, Urocharis ; and 1 new species, Dicceum 
layardorum \_Dicceidoi], and 3 new genera, Meliarchus, Philemonopsis, 
Pycnopygius \JMeliphagidai\, are characterized ; 2 new species of Ptilotis 
are described, and a Zosterops is re-named {^Meliphagidce]. In Part x., 
2 species of Calornis \_Sturnidce] are described as new. 
. Ornitologia della Papuasia e dello Molucche. ii. Torino : 1881, 
pp. xi. &. 681. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xvii. Aves, p. 21.] 
This volume comprises the Passeres. Full particulars of each species 
and its synonymy are to be found in this highly-importaut work, an 
especial feature being the ample details respecting the various mem- 
bers of the Paradiseidce. Pachycephala innominata, sp. n {Laniidce], 
and Semioptera wallacii var. halrnalierce {Paradiseidce], are described. 
