8 Aves, 
AVES. 
measurement of the specimens and details of the coloration of their soft 
parts. 
Dalgleish, J. J. List of the Birds which have been observed in the 
District of Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire. P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. 
1877-78, pp, 259-267. 
115 species are recorded from this most western peninsula of the main- 
land of Great Britain. 
Dall, W. H. Nomenclature in Zoology and Botany. A Report to the 
American Institution for the Advancement of Science at the Nash- 
ville Meeting, August 31, 1877. Salem : Dec. 1877. 
Danford, 0. G. A Contribution to the Ornithology of Asia Minor. 
Ibis, 1878, pp. 1-35. [Cf. Zool. Rec. Aves, p. 7.] 
Valuable field-notes upon the nidification ,and habits of 188 species 
obtained or identified. [For most interesting see Elanus {Falconidce), 
Coracias (Coraciidce), Sefinus {FringilUdce), Tetraogallus {Perdicidce).'] 
Dareste, 0. Rdcherches sur la suspension des ph^nomenes de la vie 
dans Tembryon de la poule. C. R. Ixxxvi. pp. 723-725. 
Davison, W. [See Hume, A. 0.] 
& Wenden, A Contribution to the Avifauna of the Deccan. 
Str. Feath. vii. pp. 68-95. 
This paper which supplements S. R. Fairbank’s list of the Birds of 
Khandalla, &c. [cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Aves, p. 8], enumerates 255 species, of 
which 44 were not included by the former author. A map is added to 
show the places where collections were made. 
Disse, j. Die Entwickelung des mittleren Keimblattes im Hiihnerei. 
Arch. f. mikr. Anat. xv. pp. 67-94. 
Dixon, W. A. Notes on the Meteorology and Natural History of a 
Guano Island. P. R. Soc. N. S. W. xi. pp. 165-175. 
Contains some interesting, although unscientific, remarks- on the sea- 
birds productive of the guano at Malden Island [Pacific Ocean, 
lat. 3° 58' S., long. 155^^ W.]. 
Dresser, H. E. A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the 
Species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region. Parts Ixv.-lxxii. 
Eight parts are issued under date of 1878. [^Anatidce, Perdicidce, 
Rallidce, Columhidce, Charadriidce, Strigidce, Merojpidoe, Scolopacidce, Pro- 
cellariidce, Sylviidce, Falconidce, Turdidce, LaniidcB, Emherizidoe^ Fringil- 
lidoe, Laridce, Coraciidce, Ibididce, Podicijgidce, Gruidoe, Motacillidce.'\ 
Drummond-Hay, H. M. On Migration. Scot.Nat.pt. xxx.pp. 229-241, 
pp. 283-292. [^Cf. Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves, p. 6]. 
Durnford, H. Notes on the Birds of the Province of Buenos Ayres. 
Ibis, 1878, pp. 58-68. Continued from op. cit. 1877, p. 203 [cf, Zool. 
Rec. xiv. Aves, p. 7]. 
Interesting field-notes on 47 species. 
