AYES. 
Bartlett, Edward. On the affinities of Mesites. P. Z. S. 1877, 
pp. 292 & 293. 
Reasons are adduced for considering this genus, hitherto placed amongst 
the Turdidoi^ to be an aberrant form of the Ardeine group, allied to 
Eurypyga and Rhinochetus. 
Bau, a., Blasius, R., Reichenow, A., & Sohalow, H. Zur Vogel- 
kunde Deutschlands, i. Jahresbericht (1876) des Auschusses fiir 
Beobachtungs-stationen der Vogel Deutschlands. J. f. O. 1877, 
pp. 278-342. 
A useful compendium, the result of the observations of many ornitho- 
logists throughout Germany. 
Beccaui, 0. [See Paradiseidw.] 
Bendire, 0. Notes on some of the Birds found in South-eastern Oregon, 
particularly in the vicinity of Cape Harney from November, 1874, 
to January, 1877. P. Bost. Soc. xix. pp. 109-149. 
Field-notes on 191 species. 
Bell, T. [See Newton, A.] 
Bingham, C. T. Notes on the Nidification of some Birds in Burmah. 
Str. Feath. 1876, pp. 79-86. 
Blanford, W. T. Letter on Caprimulgus unwini and some Batrachostomi. 
Ibis, 1877, pp. 249-263. [^Caprimulgidce, PodargidcB.'\ See tom. cit. 
p. 388, note. 
. A few Additions to the Sind Avifauna. Str. Feath. 1877, pp. 
245 & 246. 
The most interesting of the above isPyctorrhis altirostris. [Timeliidce.'\ 
. Notes on some Birds in Mr. Mandelli’s Collection from Sikkim, 
Bhutan, and Tibet. Tom. cit. pp. 482-487. 
One new species described. \_Podicipidcc.'\ 
Blasius,* W. Ueber die plattschen Unterscheide der vier Europaischen 
Weihen-Arten (Gattung Circus). J. f. O. 1877, pp. 75-80. 
The distinctions between the 4 European species are given, with 
elaborate tables of wing and other measurements. [^FalconidcB.'] 
Bocage, j. V. Barboza du. Melanges ornithologiques ii. Observa- 
tions sui* les especes du genre Sicobius. J. Sc. Lisb. xx. [1876] 
pp. 242-248. 
This paper especially refers to one by D. G. Elliott, Ibis, 1876, p. 456, 
and also contains description of one new species. IPloceidce.']. 
. Aves das possessoes portuguezas d’ Africa occidental, xii. Lista. 
Tom. cit. pp. 248-268. 
Remarks on a collection comprising 73 species, many of which had not 
hitherto been obtained in that part, of West Africa. In addition, there is 
a list of 21 species obtained from the banks of the Quanza, through Mr. 
R. B. Sharpe. 
