THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Le nicier, J. Catalogue des Oiseaux observes dans le d^partement de 
la Manche, plus particulierement dans I’arrondissement de Saint-Lo, 
depuis pres de 85 ans. St. Lo : 1878, 8vo, engravings. 
Two hundred and forty-six species are enumerated. 
Lemire, C. La Colonisation Fran9aise en Nouvelle-Caledonie et 
d^pendances. Paris: 1878, 8vo, pp. 376. 
At pp. 218-221 are some remarks on the avifauna, and pp. 313-315 
contain a list of the birds, for which acknowledgment is given to Mr. E. L. 
Layard. 
Liebe, K. T. Die Brutvogel Ost-Thuringiens und ihr Bestand. J. f. 0. 
1878, pp. 1-87. 
Remarks on habits and distribution of the 146 species which breed 
in Eastern Thuringia, with observations on others of rare occurrence, ^ 
and on some species which might be expected but have not yet been 
noticed. 
Liebermann, C. Ueber die Farbungen der Vogeleierschalen. Ber. 
Berl. Chem. Ges. xi. pp. 606-610. 
Investigations into the cause of the brilliant colours in many birds^ 
eggs show that they are essentially due to only two colouring matters, 
respecting which chemical details are given. 
Lockwood, E. Natural History, Sport, and Travel. London: 1878, 
8vo, pp. 284. 
Contains numerous field-notes on the birds of the district of Monghyr, 
Bengal. ’ 
Macalister, a. An Introduction to the Systematic Zoology and Mor- 
I phology of Vertebrate Animals. Dublin & London : 1878, 8vo 
[Birds, pp. 145-198J. 
McVean, Colin A. Notes on the Ornithology of Yedo. P. Phys. Soc. 
Edinb. 1876-78, pp. 144-154. 
Malm, A. W. Die Erscheihung des Wanderns oder Ziehens in der 
Thierwelt im allgemeinen und der Vogel in besonderen. Arch. f. 
Nat. 1878, pp. 131-161. 
A translation from pp. 26-49 of the author’s “ Goteborgs och Bohuslans 
Fauna.” \Gf. Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves^ p. 14]. 
Masters, G. On a Collection of Birds from Port Darwin. P. Linn. 
Soc. N. S. W. ii. pp. 269-276. 
One hundred and six species are enumerated, and one of them {Craticus 
spaldingi) is described as new. [^Laniidoe.'] 
Marshall, A. M. The Development of the Cranial Nerves in the 
Chick. Q. J. Micr. Sc. xviii. pp. 10-40. 
Maynard, C. J. The Birds of Florida, with the Water and Game Birds 
of eastern North America. Newtonville, Mass. : 1878, 4to, pt. iv. 
pp. 89-112. [Cy. Zool. Rec. ix. p. 34.] 
