THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Ramsay, E. P. Notes on “ List of Austriilian Birds ” [Cf. Zool. Rec. 
xiv. Aves, p. 18]. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. pp. 38-40. 
Remarks on several species {^Anatidce, Sylviidce'] with abstract of addi- 
tions to the list, and corrections. 
. Descriptions of Five Species of new Birds, from Torres Straits 
and New Guinea, &c. Tom. cit. pp. 72-75. \Psittacidoe, Pittidoe, 
Laniidoi, Meliphagidce.'] 
. Zoology of the ‘ Chevert ’ : Ornithology. Part ii. Tom. cit. 
pp. 100-116. 
Observations on an interesting collection from New Guinea, consisting 
of 67 species. 
. On the Tracheae of certain Australian Ducks. Tom. cit. p. 154. 
On the absence of the hulla ossea in the trachea of the ? of Anas cas- 
tanea and other specie** \_Anatid(B]. 
. See also Edoliosoma [^CampephagidcB], Pachycephala, Eopsaltria, 
and Myiolestes \_Laniidce\ lanthcenas, Macropygia, and Calcophaps 
\^Columhid(E\, Arses, Rhipidura \_Muscicapidce'], Casuarius [^Casua- 
riidos], Eclectus \_P sittacidee], Gerygone \^Sylviid(B], Ptilotis [^Meli- 
phagid(B]. 
Ramsay, R. G. Wardlaw; A Synopsis of the Genus Pomato[r]rMnws. 
Ibis, 1878, pp. 129-145. 
A valuable revision of the 21 species comprised in this genus, with 
figures of 5 of them. 
Raspail, Xavier. Histoire Naturelle des Merles ; moeurs et chasse des 
especes qui fr^quentent les environs de Paris. Paris : 1878, 8vo, 
pp. 48. 
The principal feature of this pamphlet consists in the revolutionary 
changes made in nomenclature. Turdus iliacus is named Sylvia vitimala, 
T. pilaris becomes Sylvia linortata, and T. musicus is renamed Sylvia 
turdela. 
Reichenow, a. Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen. Atlas der bei uns einge- 
fiihrten auslandischen Vogel, mit erlauterndem Text. Pts. i. & ii. 
Cassel : 1878, fo. 
These parts contain five coloured plates on a reduced scale, two of 
them consisting of groups of American, and one of Australian, Parrots ; 
one of Cockatoos and one of Parraquets. 
. Q. K.\ sA&o CorytJiaix(^MusophagidcB')']. 
Ridgway, R. Studies of the American Herodiones. Part i. Synopsis 
of the American Genera of Ardeidce and Ciconiidce\ including 
descriptions of three new genera and a monograph of the American 
species of the genus Ardea, Linn. Bull. U. S. Surv. Terr. iv. pp. 
219-251. 
The author divides the Ardeidce into Ardeince, with 14 genera, 3 of 
which Dicromanassa, Hydranassa, and Syrigma, are new, and Botaurince, 
