20 Aves. 
AVRS. 
Newald, J. Seltene Vogel in der Umgebung Wiens. MT. orn. 
Yer. Wien, 1878, pp. 1-4, 18-22. 
Notes on some Birds of rare occurrence in the neighbourhood of Vienna. 
Newton, Alfred. A History of British Birds, by the late William 
Yarrell. 4th edition. Part xii. London : 1878, 8vo. 
This number concludes the Sturnidce^ and contains the majority of the 
Corvidce. 
. Letters relating to the Natural History of Norfolk. Communi- 
cated by Mrs. Richard Lubbock and Alfred Newton [with introduc- 
tion and foot-notes by Prof. Newton & H. Stevenson]. Tr. Norw. 
Soc. 1877-78, pp. 388-428. 
Interesting letters from such veteran ornithologists as Lubbock, 
Yarrell, Girdlestone, Hoy, &c., throwing an important light on the state 
of the Eastern Counties about half-a-century ago. 
. See also article Emeu, Encyclopaedia Britannica. 9th Ed. 
Vol. viii. (1878). 
Nicholson, Francis. On a Collection of Birds from Abeokuta. P. Z. S. 
1878, pp. 128-131, pi. X. 
Thirty-eight species are recorded, one {Amadina sharpii) being new, 
and figured, and another is interesting for the extension of its range. 
{Fringillidm^ Hirundinidce ] . 
. A List of the Birds collected by Mr. E. C. Buxton at Darra- 
Salam, pn the Coast of Africa opposite Zanzibar. Tom. cit. pp. 
353-359. 
Forty-four species are enumerated. 
. See also Anthus \Motacillid(B\. 
, H. Alleyne. The Ancient Life-History of the Earth. New 
York and London ; 407 pp. 8vo, 1878. 
A useful text-book. For Birds see pp. 222, 251-253, 281, 297, 345-348. 
Oates, E. W. Notes on the Nidification of some Burmese Birds. II. 
Str. Feath. vii. pp. 40-62. 
This second instalment [^Cf. Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves^ p. 16] contains many 
interesting remarks on species whose eggs are little known. [For most 
important, see Pelecanidce^ Glareolidce.~\ 
OusTALET, E. ^Itude sur la faune ornithologique des Seychelles. Bull. 
Soc. Philom. (7) ii. pp. 161-206. 
Notes on 44 species, obtained by M. de ITsle, naturalist to the French 
Transit of Venus Expedition, and by M. Lantz, of Reunion ; and, as the 
14 terrestrial species are all peculiar to the Archipelago, these observa- 
tipns are of much interest. , 
. See also Pitta [_Pittidce], Pelecanus \_Pelecanidce ] . 
. Description de quelques especes nouvelles de la Cochin-Chine et 
de la Nouvelle Guinee. Tom. cit. pp. 60-69. 
The new species are Chcctura cochinchinensis^ Ixus geimiani, and Pachy- 
