THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Montrouzier, C. R. Note d'histoire naturelle sur les lies Huon et 
Surprise. Bull. Soc. G4ogr. Fr. (6) xii. [1876] pp. 645-648. 
The birds of these islands [situate to the S. of New Caledonia in lat. 
18° 18' S., long. 163° E.] appear to consist of some 6 or? species, amongst 
which a Tachypetes is described as new. [^Pelecanidce.'\ 
More, A. G. British Association Meeting, 1878. Guide to the County 
of Dublin. Aves, pp. 77-90. 
An excellent list of the Birds of the county of Dublin ; perhaps the 
most interesting fact being the recorded nesting of the Siskin [Frin- 
gillidce.'] 
Muller, J. On Certain Variations in the Vocal Organs of the Pas- 
seres that have hitherto Escaped notice. The Translation by F. 
Jeffrey Bell; edited with an appendix by A. H. Garrod. 
Oxford : 1878, pp. 74, pis. i.-Yiii. 
An excellent translation of this work is followed by a valuable Ap- 
pendix, containing descriptions of the vocal organs of some aberrant 
Passerine Birds not recorded by Muller, with 2 additional plates illus- 
trative of those parts in Menura, Atrichia^ Lipauges^ Hadrostomus^ Gral- 
laria^ Hylactes^ Coracina, and Pitta. 
Muls4Nt, 1^., & Verreaux, ]^. Itistoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches 
ou Colibris. iv. liv. 3 & 4. [See Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves, p. 15.] 
These parts, containing additions to and corrections of synonymy, as 
well as the index and a catalogue of publications on the Trochilidoe, com- 
plete the work. [Trocliilidce.'] 
Murray, J. A. Further Additions to the Sindh Avifauna. Str. Feath. 
vii. pp. 108-123. 
ThLs paper adds 24 species to the Sindh list, of which 6 are new to India, 
the latter being noticed at length by A. O. Hume. The 6 species are 
Ruticilla mesoleucay Saxicola leucomela, Lanius auriculatus, Corvus um- 
hrinus, Emheriza miliaria, and Linaria cannahina, but there seems a little 
doubt about some of them. 
Nares, Sir G. S. Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 
1875-6 in H.M. Ships ‘ Alert ’ and ‘ Discovery,’ with Notes on the 
Natural History, edited by H. W. Feilden. London : 1878, 2 
vols., 8vo. 
•Numerous observations on birds are to be found in the narrative 
portion ; and Appendix No. IH. (ii. pp. 206-217), by H. W. Feilden, 
treats of the Ornithology, with coloured plate of the eggs of Calidris 
arenaria [^Charadriidce]. 
Nathusius, W. V. Abgrenzung der Ordnung der Oscinen von der 
Clamatoren, Scansoren, und Columbiden durch die Structur der 
Eischalen. Z. wiss. Zool. xxx. Supplement, pp. 69-77, 6 wood- 
cuts. 
The structure of the egg-shell of the Clamatores differs from that of the 
Oscines, and more nearly approaches that of the Scansores and Columbce. 
