28 Aves. 
Aves. 
[Salvin, OsBEiiT, & Godman, F. D.] Biologia Centrali- Americana ; or, 
Contributions to the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. 
London : 1879, 4to. Zoology, Aves^ pt. i. pp. 1-32, pis. i.-iii. ; pt. ii. 
pp. 33-56, pi. iv. 
These instalments of this fine work, with plates by Keulemans, com- 
prise the 'Turdidce^ Cinclidce, Sylviidce, and a portion of the Paridce ; the 
species figured belonging to the Turdidce^ one species of which, Catharus 
alticola, is described as new. 
. See also Sclater, P. L. 
Saunders, Howard. [The Transit of Yenus Expedition.] The Collec- 
tions from Kerguelen Island. Phil. Tr. clxviii., Eggs op Birds, 
pp. 163-165. 
The eggs of 17 species (1 Chionis, 1 Anas, 3 Laridte, 8 Frocellariidw, 1 
Phalacrocorax, 3 Spheniscidce) are here described. 
SCHALOW, Herman. Ueber die Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der 
Ornithologie vom Jahre 1875 bis zur Gegenwart. J. f. O. 1879, 
pp. 131-169. 
An important essay on the advance made in ornithological exploration 
and knowledge during the past five years, with a useful supplementary 
catalogue of the works and papers bearing on the subject. 
ScHiAVUZZi, — . Elenco degli Uccelli viventi nell’ Istria ed in dspecialitd 
nell’ agro Piranese. Boll. Soc. Adr. iv. p. 53. 
Schlegel, H. See Nisus rufitorques and N. poUocephalus {^Falconidcs], 
Strix inexpectata, sp. n., and 8. tenehricosa arfaki, subsp. n. \_Strigidce], 
Cuculus audeberti, sp. n. [Cuculidce'], Tver on teysmanni, sp. n. 
[^Columhidce], Artamia bernieri \^Artamidce\, Ardea lansbergii, sp. n. 
\_Ardeidce], Hypherpes* corallirostris [^Sittidce], Talegallus pyrrho- 
pygius, sp. n. [^MegapodiidcB], Gallinula franki, sp. n. IRallidce], 
Schmeltz, J. D. E. Ueber die Thierwelt der Neu-Hebriden. Yerh. 
Yer. Hamb. 1877 [July 15, 1879], pp. 71-91 (Aves, pp. 75-81). 
On the species collected by M. Eckardt, with a list of the literature 
relating to the above islands. 
. [Review of D. G. Elliot's paper (cf. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves, p. 54) 
on the genus Ptilopus (Columbidce) , with especial reference to the 
species in the Museum Godeffroy.] L. c. pp. 177-180. 
Sclater, P. L. On Recent Additions to our Knowledge of the Avi- 
fauna of the Sandwich Islands. Ibis, 1879, pp. 89-92, pi. ii. 
About 44 species occur in, and 23 are peculiar to, the Hawaiian group. 
Loxioides bailleui \Fringillidce\ is discussed and figured. [This name is 
sometimes mis-spelt bailleni, but it was conferred in honour of M. Bailleu, 
the sender.] 
. Remarks on the Nomenclature of the British Owls, and on the 
arrangement of the Order Striges. Ibis, 1879, pp. 346-352. IQf. 
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* Newton, 1863 ; Chaudoir, Insecta, 1838. 
