THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves. 3 
Bocage, J. V. Barboza DU. Aves d’ Angola encontradas nas collec 9 oes 
do Dr. Welwifcsch. Tom. cit. pp. 258-263. 
Interesting notes on 20 determinable species. 
. Aves das possessoes portuguezas d’ Africa occidental, xiii. Lista. 
J. Sc. Lisb. xxi. pp. 60-71 ; id. xiv. Lista, tom. cit. pp. 142-150; id. 
XV. Lista, tom. cit. pp. 151-157. 
In the thirteenth list, 51 species are enumerated, and one is described as 
new [^Capitonidcc] ; the fourteenth contains 56 species, and the fifteenth 
45 species, 5 of which, being new, are described in the following paper. 
■ . M(^langes ornithologiques. Tom. cit. pp. 158-164. 
The five new species from Angola, above-mentioned, are here described 
l^Hirundinidm, Mmcicapidce^ SylvUdcc^ Paridoi.'\ 
. Ornithologie d’ Angola. Ire Partie. Lisbonne : 1877, Royal 8vo, 
pp. 256. 
The first instalment of a work which is so far a complete summary of 
the ornithology of Angola, with description of all the species, and details 
as to their distribution, habits, &c. Most of the novelties have already 
been recorded, but 3 new species are here described, and 6 figured. 
[^Cypselidce^ Laniidcc.'] 
. Note sur les Races Geographiques ou Esp^ces des Bucorax. Bull. 
Soc. Z. Fr. ii. pp. 373-376. IBucerotidcs.'] 
Bogdanow, Modest. Der Saxaul-Haher, Podoces panderi, Fisch. J. f . O. 
1877, pp. 81-90. \_Corvidcx.'] 
. Vorlaufige Notiz liber die Calandrella-kxiQ>n der russischen Fauna. 
Tom. cit. pp. 91-96. [^Alaudidtc.'] 
. Uebersicht der Reisen und naturhistorischon Untorsuchungen 
im Aralo-Kaspi-Gebiet, seit dem Jahre 1720 bis zum Jahre 1874. 
Russische Revue (St. Petersburg), viii. [1876] pp. 145-159, 440-459, 
558-576 [also sep. pp. 51]. 
An abstract of all the travels and explorations productive of natural 
history results in the Aral-Caspian district between 1720 and 1874 (but 
with no special reference to birds). 
Booth, B. S. On a second discovery of Moa bones at Hamilton. Tr. 
N. Z. Inst. ix. pp. 365 & 366. 
About one- third of the bones belonged to Cncmiornis, one-third to 
adult Dinornis^ chiefly of the smaller species, the remainder being of 
young Moas. 
Bouvier, a. Description de trois Oiseaux de la cote occidentale d’Afri- 
que. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. i. [1876] pp. 228 & 229. 
Two species are described as new, one of which, with a recently 
described Barbet, are figured. [^Cypselidoe^ Sylviidm, Capitonidm.'] 
. Faune ornithologique de Kessang (presqu’ile de Malacca). Bull. 
Soc. Zool. Fr. ii. pp. 292-303. 
Thirty-one species from the Malay Peninsula are noticed. 
, & Sharpe, R. B. [See Sharpe.] 
