6 Avea, 
AVES. 
[Duller, W. L.] See also Anthornis [MeUphagid(B\ Heteralocha [Cor- 
vidce\ Ocydromus \^Rallid(e\ Diomedea \_Procdlariidod\ Phaeton 
\Phaetontidoi\ 
Burmeister, H. See Conurus [Peittacidc^. 
Butler, E. A. My last Notes on the Avifauna of Sind. Str. Feath. 
vii. pp. 173-191. 
Thirteen species are added to the previous lists and notes are contri- 
buted on many species previously recorded, supplemented by an account 
of an important breeding -place of water-birds {^Ardeidoe^ Anatidce, Pele- 
canid(B\ in the Eastern Narra. See also a letter from S. Boig, tom. cit. 
pp. 466 & 468. 
Oabanis, J. Ueber ein Sammlung von Vogeln der Argentinischen 
Bepublik. J. f. O. 1878, pp. 194-199. 
Remarks on a collection consisting of 29 species obtained by Dr. A. 
Doring in the S’eri'a de Cordova of the Argentine Republic, with descrip- 
tions of 3 new species. [Furnai ius, Synallaxis (Dendrocolaptid(e\ Notho- 
procta {Tinamid(je).'\ 
. Uebersicht der Vogel Ost-Afrikas, welche von den Herren J. M. 
Hildebrandt und v. Kalckreuth gesammelt sind. J. f. 0. 1878, 
pp. 213-246. 
The important collections made by the above in Zanzibar and adja- 
cent coast, Mombas, and thence to the foot of the snowy mountains of 
Kilima-ndjaro and Kerwa, and to a small extent in Abyssinia, comprise 
194 species, 15 of which are described as new. {^Turdus (Turdidce), 
Bessornis {SylvUdce), Macronyx {Motacillidce)^ Lanius {Laniidce)^ Crater- 
opus {Pycnonotidce)y Cinnyris (Nectariniidce), Hahropyga, Hyphanturgus 
{Ploceidce)^ Notauges {Sturnidce), Pogonorrhynchus, Tricholcema^ Trachy- 
phonus {Capitonidve), Francolinus {Perdicidce).^ 
Cadiat, — . Sur Pepoque de formation du cloaque chez I’embryon du 
poulet. G. R. Ixxxvi. pp. 836-838 ; also in abstract in Les Mondes, 
xlv. p. 653. 
Camarano, L. Nasitema\^Psiitacidce]. 
Carl, L. Untersuchungen iiber den Schadelbau domesticirter Tauben, 
Separatabdruck aus dem Osterprogramm 1878, der Realschule zu 
Pirna. 
On modifications found in the skull of about 16 races of the domestic 
pigeon. 
Carus, j. Victor. Zoologischer Anzeiger. i. Jahrgang 1878. Nos. 1-17. 
Commencing on 1st July, 1878, this fortnightly publication contains, 
amongst other matter, the titles of many works and papers on ornitho- 
logy. For Aves, see pp. 45, 209, 229, 349. 
Clarke, W. B. On Dromornis australis (Owen), a new Fossil Bird of 
Australia. P. R. Soc. N. S. W. xi. pp. 41-49. 
An account of the discovery of this species in 1869, and the result o>f 
subsequent investigations. 
