THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 13 
Gunther., A, & Newton, E. [Transit of Venus Expedition.] The Extinct 
Birds of Rodriguez. Phil. Tr. clxviii. pp. 423-437, pis. xli.-xliii. 
The principal species noticed, with plates of their bones, are Carine 
murivora [^Strigidce^, Necropsar rodericanus \^Sturnidce\ allied to Fregi- 
lupus of Reunion, Necropsittacus rodericanus \_Psittacidce], Aphanapteryx 
and Erythromaclius [^RallidcB\ Nycticorax megacephalus \^ArdeidcB]. 
Gurney, J. H. Notes on a Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British 
Museum, by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). Ibis, 1879, pp. 71-84, 
330-341, 4G4-470. ICf. Zool. Rec. xii. p. 34, xiii. Aves, p. 13, xiv. 
Aves, p. 11, XV. Aves, p. 13.] 
The discussion of the group Milvince and the genera of Mil vine affinities 
continued. For the more important, see Rostrhamus, Machoir[or'\ham- 
phus, Henicopernis iFalconido}]. 
— - — . See also Micrastur, Morphnus, Buteo (spp. nn.), Archihuteo, Uruhi- 
tinga [Falconidce] ; and Ayres, T. 
— , JUN. The Gannet City. Tr. Norw. Soc. ii. pp. 528-638. 
An account of a visit to the colony of Sala bassana on the Bass Rock. 
Hagelberg, W. Zoologischer Hand-Atlas, b. Vogel. Berlin; 1879, 
24 pis., Nos. 21-44. 
A popular coloured picture-book, only noticed to prevent readers from 
being misled by its title. 
Hamilton, A. The District of Okarito, Westland. Tr. N. Z. Inst. xi. 
pp. 386-391. 
An interesting notice of this district of the South Island, New Zea- 
land, with a list of the birds found there. 
Hamilton, Edward. The Birds of London : Past and Present, Resi- 
dent and Casual. Zool. 1879, pp. 27,3-291. 
Harting, J. E. See Turdus torquatus [^Turdidoe], Scolopax rusticula 
\_Scolopacidte'\, Upupa epops [^U2)upidce~\. 
Hartlaub, G. Ueber einige seltene Vogel der Bremener Sammlung. 
J. f. O. 1879, pp. 187-194. 
Some rare birds in the Bremen Collection. Coccycolius iris, Loxioides 
halleui, and Strix oustaleti are described at length. 
— — -. See also Strix oustaleti, sp. n. [^StrigidcE], Ayapornis {^PsittaGidce~\, 
Excalfatoria lepida, sp. n. \^Perdicid(B\ 
Haswell, W. a. Notes on the Anatomy of Birds. 1. The Brachial 
Plexus of Birds. P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. iii. pp. 409-413. ii. The 
Lumbar and Sacral Plexuses of Nerves. Op. cit. iv. pp. 303-306. 
III. The Myological Characters of the Columbidce. Tom. cit. pp. 
306-310. 
Henshaw H. W. See Turdus pallasi [^Turdidai], Afelospiza melodes 
[^FringillidcB], Sterna caspia \_Larid(x]^ 
