26 Aoes. 
AVES. 
wellice [See Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 113 ; not seen by Recorder, who 
is therefore unable to give the reference for this form under Strigidw\ 
[Ridgway, R.] See also Feuccea illinoensis, sp. n. \_Fringillidce']. 
Roberts, T. S. Notes on some Minnesota Birds. Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, iv. pp. 162-155. 
Remarks on 9 species and varieties, principally observed in the neigh« 
bourhood of Minneapolis. 
Rohweder, J. Ornithologischen Notizen iiber Schleswig-Holstein. 
Schr. Ver. Schles. Holst, iii. pp. 136-141. 
Notes on 10 species. [Not seen by Recorder ; see Zool. Anz. 1879, 
p. 73.]' 
Rolland, Eugene. Faune populaire de la France. Vol. II. Oiseaux. 
Paris; 1879, 8vo, pp. 421. 
An interesting collection of provincial names, common sayings, proverbs, 
superstitions, &c., relating to birds. 
Russ, Carl. Die fremlandischen Stubenvogel, ihre Naturgeschichte, 
Pflege und Zucht. Hanover; 1879, 8vo, [Q/*. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves, 
p. 24], 
Five more parts of this illustrated work on cage-birds were published 
in 1879. 
Salvadori, T. Letter relating to remarks on his papers by the Editors 
of ‘ Ibis ’ in 1878. Ibis, 1879, pp. 104-106. 
. On Melaniparus semilarvatus, Tom. cit. pp. 300-303, pi. ix. 
A defence of the validity of this species against A. O. Hume’s criti- 
cism, and a review of the genus Melanipariis IParidoi']. 
. Remarks on the Second Part of Mr. Ramsay’s “ Contributions to 
the Zoology of New Guinea.” Tom. cit. pp. 317-327. 
E. P. Ramsay’s report \_suprd^ p. 26] is minutely criticized, and the 
validity of several of his new species is questioned, whilst on others 
important observations are made. 
. Letter [contradicting a statement made by the reviewer in the 
‘Ibis ’of his paper on Globicera, and pointing out anew the geo- 
graphical distribution of the 7 species of this section of the genus 
Carpophaga {Columhidtey]. 
. A Pew Remarks on Mr. Elliot’s Paper “ On the Fruit Pigeons of 
the Genus Ptilopus." P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 61-68. 
A criticism on the Moluccan and Papuan species enumerated in the 
above paper. [C/*. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves^ p. 9.] \^Columhidai.'] 
. Di alcune Specie del Geuere Porphyrio, Briss. Atti Acc. Tor, 
xiv. pp. 1165-1170. 
A review of D. G. Elliot’s paper on this genus [c/. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves^ 
p. 9], with description of P. elliotij considered to be new \^Rallidai'\. 
