THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 85 
[Columbidcej. There is also a new species of Zosterops {^DiccBidoe] from 
Vate, New Hebrides. 
[Tristram, H. B.] See also Dryocopus ricJiardsi, sp. n. [FeciWoj], and 
Layard, E. L. 
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aus Oesterreich und Ungarn. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 129-131. 
Tweeddale, (late) Marquis of. Contributions to the Ornithology of 
the Philippines. No. xii. On the Collection made by Mr. A. H. 
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Fifty-six species are enumerated, 48 of which are additions to the avi- 
fauna of Basilan. 
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Art. 12, pis. X. & xi. \P aradiseidm.'\ 
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Referring to A. O. Hume’s “ Birds of a Drought ” \cf. Zool. Rec. xv 
Aves, p. 14], where absence of rain is shown to have caused a scarcity of 
species, the present writer shows that in the district of South Konkan, a 
similar absence, extending even to Waders and Waterfowl, resulted from 
an exceptionally heavy rainfall. 
Villada, M. M. Aves de las regiones del circulo drtico en las Lagunas 
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The visitants to the Valley of Mexico are named as Stercorarius para- 
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Vogt, C. L’Archaeopteryx macroura — Un intermediare entre les olseaux 
et les reptiles. Rev. Sci. (2) 9® Ann. Mo. 11, pp. 241-248. 
An elaborate description of remains of the above extinct species 
recently obtained byM. Haeberlein at Solenhofen, Bavaria; the author’s 
deductions being illustrated by woodcuts in the text. The complete 
specimen shows that this link between reptiles and birds possessed a 
toothed bill, armed wings, bird-like claws, and a tail of twenty vertebrae. 
VosMAER, G. C. J. Strickland’s Regels voor de zoologische Nomen- 
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Remarks on and translation of the 1878 edition of Strickland’s Rules 
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VouGA, A. [On 10 species obtained in Switzerland since the time of 
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Weissmann, a. TJeber das Wandern der Vogel. Ber. Vers. Naturf. 
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A translation, or adaptation, of the above, entitled “ On the Migration 
of Birds,” appeared in Contemp, Rev. 1879, pp. 631-652, and was criti- 
