THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 7 
CouES, Elliot. On the Present Status of Passer domesticus in America, 
Avith special reference to the Western States and Territories. Bull. 
IT. S. Geol. Surv. v. pp. 176-193. 
The introduction of this species by ignorant sentimentalists is shoAvn 
to have been productive of serious and still continuing mischief. An 
elaborate list of the controversial literature respecting this bird is 
appended. [^FringilUdoe.'] 
. Second Instalment of American Ornithological Bibliography. Tom. 
cit. pp. 239-330, 
The first instalment of this important contribution Avas published Avith 
the author’s “ Birds of Colorado.^’ [_Cf. Zool. Rec, xv. A ves, p. 7.] 
. See also Sennett, O. B. ; and Vireo atricapillus [yireonidcel^ Alle 
nigricans \^Alcidaf\. 
CouES, George Hughes, List of Birds observed in the Naval Hospital 
Grounds, in Brooklyn Oity. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. pp. 31-33. 
No less than 60 species are recorded from this suburb of New York 
City. 
Cox, H. L. The Birds of Dublin and Wicklow. Zool. 1879, pp. 
449-454, 477-487. 
D’Albertis, L. M., & Salvadori, T. Catalogo degli uccelli- raccolti 
da L. M. D’Albertis durante la 2®* e 3’'* esplorazione del Fiume Fly 
negli anni 1876 e 1877. Ann. Mus. Genov, xiv. pp. 21-147. 
For reference to the notice of the second journey up the Fly River, in 
New Guinea, see Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves, pp. G & 21. On the third expe- 
dition, 800 birds, belonging to 173 species, were collected, and the 
following genera and species are now described as new. Aprosmictus 
callopteriis, Trichoglossus cceruleiceps \_Psittacid 03 ], Choitura novoe-guinece 
\_Cypselidaf\, Campochoera (g.n.) \^Campophagidaf\, Rectes hrunneiceps 
\_Laniidce~\, Dicceum ruhrigulare and D. alho-puVfCtatum \_Dicceidce], 
Poodytes alho-limhatus \^Sylviidce], Munia leucosticta \_Ploceidai], Mega- 
crex (g. n.) inepta l^Rallidoi']. The last-named species is incapable 
of flight, and is probably destined to speedy extinction. There 
are also some important remarks upon geographical distribution, and 
on the Paradiseidce ; P. novce-guinece being at the end of the article, 
separated from P. apoda, and raised to specific rank. Casuarius heccarii 
is also fully described, with illustrative woodcuts \Casuariidai\. 
Dartt, Mary. [See Ridgway, R.] 
Dareste, C. Nouvelles recherches sur la suspension des pheuomenes de 
la vie dans I'embryon de la poule, C. R. Ixxxvii, pp. 1046-1047. 
\_Cf. Zool. Rec, XV, Aves, p, 8.] 
. Note sur les granules amyloi'des du jaune de I’oeuf. Op. cit. 
Ixxviii. pp. 651-553. \_Cf, Zool. Rec. 1. c.] 
~. Sur revolution de I’embryon dans les oeufs mis en incubation dans 
I’eau chaude. Tom. cit. p. 1138, 
