THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves. 9 
Finscii, O. On a Collection of Birds from Eua, Friendly Islands. 
Tom, cit. pp. .770-777. 
Twenty -four species are enumerated, one of which seems to be peculiar 
to the island [Psiitacidm]. 
. On the Birds of the Island of Ponap^, Eastern Carolines. Tom. 
cit. pp. 777-782. 
Twenty-nine species are noticed, of which seven are peculiar to the 
island, and one appears to be new [^Columhidcc]. 
. On a Collection of Birds from Niuafou Island, in the Pacific. 
Tom. cit. pp. 782-787. 
A notice of 20 species, only one of which is peculiar to this island 
[ Megapod idce\. 
. Westsibirische Forschungsreise 187G unter Fiihrung von Dr. O. 
Finsch. Catalog der Ausstellnng ethnographischer und natur- 
wissenshaftlicher Sammlungen. Mit erlaunternden Bemerkungen 
von Dr. O. Finsch. Bremen : 1877, 8vo, pp. 42. 
In this Catalogue is a classified List (pp. 26-30) of the iBirds observed 
on the Expedition to Western Siberia, arranged to show the nature of the 
country they inhabit. 
Fischer, Gr. A. Briefliche Reiseberichte aus Ost-Afrika. J. f. O. 
1877, pp. 171-181, 205-208, 423-426. 
Forbes, W. A. Recent Observations on the Parrots of the genus 
Eclectm. Ibis, 1877, pp. 274-283. 
Discusses Dr. A. B. Meyer’s observations as to the difference in the 
coloration of the sexes in this genus, and gives a table of the specific 
differences and the habitat of the 6 species known. {^Cf. Salvador!.] 
. On the Bursa fahricii in Birds. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 304-318. 
The author, after a summary of the previous literature of the subject, 
gives an account of his own observations on the structure of this organ 
in 90 species of birds of all orders. Woodcuts are given of the arrange- 
ment in several forms, and particular attention called to the differences 
obtaining in the structure of the Cloaca of the Struthionous birds. 
Gadow, H. Anatomische Beschriebung der Hoccohiihner {Cracidm^ 
Vig.). J. f. 0. 1877, pp. 181-190. 
. Anatomie des Phoenicopterus roseus, Pall., und seine Stelliing im 
System. J. f. O. 1877, pp. 382-396, pi. vi. 
Illustrations are given of the convolutions of the intestines in the 
above species, in Platalea leucorodia, and in Anas clangula ; the general 
result of the author’s researches being to show the affih?ty of Phoeni- 
copterus with the Ciconiidoa^ and to remove it from the order Anseres. 
Gammis, j. a. Occasional Notes from Sikhim, No. 1. Str. Feath. 
1877, pp. 380-387. 
Introductory remarks upon the author’s collecting-ground, and the 
more prominent features of its bird-life. 
1877. [vOL. XIV.] B 3 
