16 Aves. 
AVES. 
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[Lawrence, G. N.] Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from Collec- 
tions made by Mr. F. A. Ober under the direction of the Smithsonian 
Institution, with his Notes thereon. Tom. cit. pp. 185-198. 
Fifty -nine species are enumerated, with the collector’s important field- 
notes, but with few exceptions, notably that of Chrysotis guildingi 
tacidce'], the land birds are similar to those of Dominica. 
. Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections 
made for the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. F. A. Ober, with his 
Observations. Tom. cit. pp. 232-242. 
Forty-two species are enumerated from the Island of Antigua, one of 
them SpeotytOi amaura \_Strigidai] being described as new. Barbuda pos- 
sesses 39 species whose affinities appear to be with the forms of the islands 
to the southward. 
. See also Chcetura \^Cypselid(B\ Chrysotis [Psittacidce]y Gymnoglaux 
\_Strigidoi]. 
Layard, E. L. Descriptions of New Species of Birds from the Island 
of Lifu, New Caledonia. Ann. N. II. (5) i. pp. 374-375. 
Five species are described as new : Turdus [^Turdidce], Pachycephala 
[Laniidoi^f Zosterops IDiceidcc'], Erythrura \_Fringillidce\. 
. See also Lamprolia [Sylviidce\. 
& Layard, E. L. C. Notes on the Avifauna of New Caledonia. 
With remarks by the Rev. Canon Tristram. Ibis, 1878, 
pp. 250-252. 
A catalogue of the species obtained by the authors, and also of some 
observed in two local collections; five of them having recently been 
described in Ann. N. H. (5) i. pp. 374 & 375 {supra). The analysis of 
the species tends to show that the character of the avifauna is essentially 
Australian, and probably its most eastern limit. 
& . Notes on some Birds Collected and Observed by Mr. E. 
Leopold C. Layard in the New Hebrides. With remarks by the Rev. 
Canon Tristram. Ibis, 1878, pp, 267-280. 
The islands visited were Erromango, Vate (where the major part of 
the collecting was done), Ambrym, St. Bartholomew, Santo, Api, and 
Mallicolo, the number of species noted being 38, of which 25 were 
obtaiped. Some interesting remarks on geographical distribution by the 
two authors and annotator are added. 
Legge, W. V. A History of the Birds of Ceylon. Part i., Accipitres^ 
Psittaci^ Picarice. London : November, 1878, 4to. 
The first instalment of an admirably designed and well-executed work, 
with coloured plates of some of those species which are peculiar to 
Ceylon, in J. G. Keulemans’s b^st style. [Falconidos^ Strigidce^ Psittacidcsy 
PicidcBj CapitonidcB^ Cuculidce^ Bucerotidce.'] 
. For separate papers see Scops \_Strigidai], Baza, Spizactus \_FaU 
conidoi], Locustella {Sylviidos]. 
