AVES. 
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Barboza DU Bocagb, J. V. Oiseaux nouveaux de FAfrique 
occidentale. Proc. ZooL Soc. 1808, pp. 436, 437, pi. xxix* 
Descriptions of 3 species belonging to Turdidmi^X) and Ca])%- 
tonidcn, and a nominal list of 11 others sent home by Senhor 
Anehieta. 
Blanford, W. T. Descriptions of five Birds . . . from Abys- 
sinia. Ann. & Mag. N. H, 4th ser. iv. pp. 329-330. 
[See Hirundinida , SylviidcE (2), Alaudidai, and Fringillid( 2 .~\ 
Cabanis, J. Baron C. C. von der Decken^s Reisen in Ost- 
Afrika. Dritter Band, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 
Erster Abtheilung. Vogel, pp. 19-52, tabb. xviii. Leip- 
zig und Heidelberg : 1869. Imp. 8vo. 
This contains an account of the ornithological collection 
made by the ill-fated Baron von der Decken during his arduous 
travels in East Africa, and is elaborated in the author^s usual 
excellent manner. The collection contains examples of 126 
species, whereof 21, for which see Falconida*, Bmerotidea, La- 
(5), TurdidaHy Sylvuda>{^6), lHoceida>{^)yFringxUid(R, Tetra- 
ordd(Sf Pteroclido!, Charadriidee, Otidida:, and Ardeidce (2), are 
described as new. These last were, all but one, briefly but 
sufficiently characterized at a meeting of the Deutsche ornitho- 
logische Gesellschaft zu Berlin, held 7th Oct. 1868; and their 
dingnoses are printed in the concluding Heft of the ^ Journal 
fur Ornithologie ’ for that year (pp. 411-414), which did not, 
however, as we have before mentioned (Zool. Rec. v. pp. 29, 30, 
note), appear until 1869, nor indeed until after the printing of 
the work, since a name (see Fringillida) therein conferred was, 
on the discovery of its former use, changed in the paper in the 
^ Journal.^ 
Finsch, Otto. Ueber eine Vogelsamralung aus Westafrika. 
Journ. fur Orn. 1869, pp. 334-337. 
A list, with notes, of a small collection, containing 22 species, 
made on the Gold Coast by Herr Max Sintenis. One species 
(SylvUdce) receives a new name; constant references are made 
to the joint work of the author and Dr. llartlaub, the fourth 
volume of ^ Von der DeckeiFs Reisen,^ published in 1870. 
Fritsch, E. Drei Jahre in Siidafrika.^^ 
This work we have not seen, and only quote its title from 
Dr. HartlanVs ^ Bericht^ (p. 113). 
Grandidier, a. Description dc qnelques animaux nouveaux 
decouverts, pendant Fannec 1869, sur la cote oucst dc Ma- 
dagascar. Rev. ct Mag. dc Zool. 1869, pp. 337-342. 
One bird only described (see Cuculidoi). 
Gurney, J. H. Notes on the Birds-of-prey of Madagascar and 
some of the adjacent Islands. [See Accipiires.^ 
