THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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[OuSTALET, E.] Notes d’Ornifchologie. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. pp. 
212 - 220 . 
Remarks on some birds of the Indian, and the New Caledonian regions. 
See Bubo Picas harmandij sp. n. [^Picidce~\. 
. See also Eudyptula serresiana, sp. n. [Spheniscidce]. 
Palm]?n, J. a. Zur Discussion iiber die Zugstrassen. J. f. O. 1879, 
pp. 196-206. 
Supplementary and revised observations relative to a previous paper 
on the routes followed by birds on migration, and E. v. Homeyer’s review 
and subsequent remarks ; cf. Palmen, Zool. Rec, xiii. Aves, p. 21, and 
Homeyer, p. 14, and xv Aves, p. 13. 
Paolucci, L. Sulle voce degli Uccelli in ordine alia fisiologia e alia 
biologia. Atti Soc. Ital. xx. pp. 161-247. 
Parker, W. K. On the Evolution of the Vertehrata. [Abstract of the 
Hunterian Lectures.] Nature, xx. pp. 30, 61, 81. 
For remarks on Birds, see pp. 63, 81 & 82. 
Pelzeln, a. von. Letter [on the recent rediscovery of Notornis man- 
telli in new Zealand, and on 2 Cassowaries (apparently C. beccarii) in 
the Menagerie of Schonbrunn]. Ibis, 1879, p. 376. IMallidce, 
Casuariidce.'] 
• . “ Flinfzehn Tage auf der Donau.” MT. Orn. Ver. Wien, 1879, 
pp. 1-6, 9-13, 26-29, 40-43. 
Extracts from the work printed for private circulation, on the expedi- 
tion of the Crown Prince of Austria. See Oesterjieich, Rudolph von. 
. See also Morphnus \^Falconidce\. 
Penrose, F. G. Notes on a Collection of Birds’ Skins and Eggs made 
by Mr. D. Gill, F.R.A.S., on Ascension Island. Ibis, 1879, pp. 
272-282. 
The species hitherto found on this volcanic cinder-heap are 10 in 
number, all sea-birds, which resort there for breeding purposes, and the 
localities where they deposit their eggs are shown in the map which 
accompanies this very interesting paper. 
Philippi, R. A. See sp. n. [Ti/rawmc?®], 
Platte, A. Aeronautische Betrachtungen. Wien : 1879. 
An interesting pamphlet on the flight of Birds. 
Radakoff, W. N. Ornithologische Bemerkungen iiber Bessarabien, 
Moldau, Walachei, Bulgarien, und .Ost-Rumelien, Bull. Mosc. liii. 
pp. 160-178. 
Brief notes on the 203 species of birds observed during the Russian 
campaign of 1876. 
Ramsay, E. P. Contributions to the Zoology of New Guinea. Part. ii. 
A ves, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. pp. 246-306. Part v. Aves, Remarks 
on recent collections made by Mr. Andrew Goldie in the south-east 
portion of New Guinea and the Louisiades ; op. cit. iv. pp. 88-102. 
This second expedition to the south-eastern portion of the island has 
