THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 5 
[Brewer, T. M.] Variations in the Nests of the same Species of Birds. 
Am. Nat. 1878, pp. 35-40. 
. Letters [on a Parula, on Myiarchua erythrocercus, and other 
birds ; on J. C. Merrill’s and G. B. Sennett’s discoveries in Texas] • 
Ibis, 1878, pp. 116-118, 204-206, 487 & 488. 
Brewster, William. Description of the First Plumage in various 
species of North American Birds. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, hi. pp. 
15-23, 56-64, 115-123, 175-181. 
In this important contribution, the young of 98 species are described. 
. See also Siurus and Protonotaria {^Mniotiltidce]. 
Brooks, W. E. On an overlooked species of Reguloides. Str. Feath. 
vii. pp. 128-139. 
The species identified as R. superciliosus, the eggs of which were secured 
with avidity by collectors of so-called British species, is now considered 
to be distinct, and is named R. humei \^SylviidoB\. A. O. Hume adds an 
editorial note. See also W. E. Brooks, tom. cit. p. 236. 
— ^ — . Observations on Motacilla alba and other Wagtails. Tom. cit. 
pp. 136-140. \_Motacillid(E.'] 
Brown, N. C. A List of Birds observed at Coosada, Central Alabama. 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, hi. pp. 168-174. 
This first instalment of a proposed series, contains field-notes on 40 
species of Passeres. 
Brown, J. A. Harvie. [A communicated translation of Leonida 
Sabanaeff’s “Avifauna of the Ural.”] P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. 1878, 
pp. 282-316. 
The value of this ttanslation of what was practically a sealed work to 
the majority of English readers, is enhanced by Mr. Brown’s foot- 
notes. 
Bruggemann, F. Weitere Mittheilungen fiber die Ornithologie von 
Central Borneo. Abh. Yer. Brem. v. pp. 525-537. 
Some valuable remarks on an additional collection of 1 52 species [c/. 
Zool. Rec. xiv. AveSy p. 4] sent to the Darmstadt Museum by Dr. G. 
Fischer, from Moora Teweh, Central Borneo. [See also Fischer, G.] 
. See also Artamus \Artamidce\y Pityriasis ]_CorvidcB]. 
Duller, W. L. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. Tr. N. Z. 
Inst. X. pp. 191-200. 
A continuation of the series [c/. Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves, p. 5], the most 
interesting feature being the disinterment of the description of Fulica 
novm-zealandioe by W. Colenso in the Tasmanian Journal of Natural 
Science, &c., for April, 1845, a species which is evidently distinct from 
FuUca australis, and which is now in all probability extinct, as it has not 
been heard of since its discovery. [Rallidoi.'] 
• . Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. Tom. cit. 
pp. 201-209. 
