8 Aves, 
AVES. 
^ Elliott, D. G. Review of the Ihidince^ or Sub-Family of the Ibises. 
P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 477-510. 
The literature of this sub-family is given, with its classification, genera, 
and geographical distribution, and the synonymy of the 25 species which 
are comprised in it. Three new genera are instituted and described. 
[76^^Z^^Zce.] 
. Review of the Specimens of Trochilidm in the Paris Museum 
brought by D’Orbigny from South America. Ibis, 1877, pp. 131-142. 
A critical examination of the Humming Birds still existing in the 
Paris Museum, mentioned by D’Orbigny and Lafresnaye in their 
‘ Synopsis Avium.’ 
. [For single species, see Stumidoi^ Buccrotidw^ Trochilidai, Phasia- 
nidw.'] 
Faikbank, S. B. a List of Birds collected and observed on the Palani 
Hills. Str. Feath. 1877, pp. 387-410. 
Remarks on 134 species, amongst which are some, rarities [Sylviidce, 
Timeliidce']. 
Falkenstein, Dr. [See Reichenow, A.] 
Feilden, H. W. On the Birds of the North Polar Basin. P. Z. S. 
1877, pp. 28-32. 
16 species observed are enumerated. 
. List of Birds observed in Smith Sound and in the Polar Basin 
during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. Ibis 1877, pp. 401-412. 
Twenty-four species of Birds are enumerated as having been obtained 
in Smith Sound and northward between 78® and 83® N. lat., all of them 
being well-known Arctic forms, but the writer obtained for the first time 
the nestlings of Tringa canutus^ and also thoroughly authenticated eggs of 
Calidris arenaria \_Scolopacidoiy Charadriidce]. 
Finsch, O. Mein dritter Beitrag zur Vogelkunde Gronlands. Abh. 
Ver. Brera. v. pp. 643-366. 
A description, with valuable remarks, of a collection consisting of 32 
species, formed by M. Starick in the neighbourhood of Lichtenfels, 
Greenland. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xi. p. 32.] 
. Ornithological Letters from the Bremen Expedition to Western 
Siberia. Ibis, 1877, pp. 48-66. 
Notes on the species observed between Omsk and the Ala-tau range, 
on the Irtisch, in the Altai, and along the Ob. [For the most interest- 
ing, see Sylviidm and ScolopdcidcB.'] 
. On a small Collection of Birds from the Marquesas Islauds. 
P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 407-410. 
Six species are enumerated, one new [^Alcedinidm]. 
. Reports on the Collection of Birds made during the voyage of 
H.M.S. “ Challenger.” No. IV. On the Birds of Tongatabu, the 
Fiji Islands, Api (New Hebrides), and 'J’ahiti. Tom. cit. pp. 
723-742. 
