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AVES. 
BY 
Howard Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 
The year 1879 has produced some very important publications, amongst 
which the following may here be cited as bearing upon special geogra- 
phical divisions. In the Palsearctic region, the distinguishing feature is 
the amount of literature relating to the Russian possessions: seeBogdanow, 
Boultycheff, and Goebel, Finsch, and Seebohm (Siberia) ; whilst Dresser’s 
** Birds of Europe ” approaches conclusion. For the Ethiopian region, see 
Du Bocage (West Africa), Fischer and Reichenow (East Africa), Milne- 
Edwards and Grandidier (Madagascar), Gunther and Newton (Rodriguez). 
There is a slight falling-off in the number of papers relating to the Indian 
region, owing to the lamented death of the Marquis of Tweeddale ; but 
important contributions have been made by Hume, Scully, Anderson (Yun- 
nan), and Legge (Ceylon). For Sumatra, Celebes, Borneo, the Moluccas, 
and Papuasia, reference may be made to Salvador!, D’Albertis, Meyer, Ram- 
say, Sclater, and Sharpe ; whilst for New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, 
see Layard and Tristram ; and for the Sandwich Islands, see Dole and 
Sclater. Passing to the Neotropical region, the commencement of the im- 
portant “ Biologia Central!- Americana ” by Salvin & Godman should be 
noticed, and in addition to other work by one or both of the above, Sclater, 
Taczanowski (Peru), and Lawrence (West Indies) have supplied valuable 
material. In the Nearctic region, see Belding, McChesney, Sennett, and 
Kumlien (Arctic). For Oceanic explorations, see Sharpe (Transit of Venus 
Expedition) and Moseley (Voyage of the ‘Challenger’). For Anatomy and 
Embryology, see Balfour, Dareste, Forbes, Gadow, and Garrod. Shelley 
has concluded his Monograph of the Nectar iniidcR, and Sharpe has pro- 
duced a fourth volume of his Catalogue of Birds, treating of the Campo- 
phagidcB and Muscicapidm. 
The General Subject, with Titles of Separate Works and 
OP THE most Important Papers Published in 
Proceedings of Societies, &c. 
Adamson, C. M. Natural History Scraps : more especially about Birds. 
Newcastle-on-Tyne : 1879, 8 vo. 
Collected reprints of various articles. 
