THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Avgs. 11 
refer it to the genus Alcippe \Tlmeliidai\. For others, see Pycnonotidce 
and Paridce. 
Gould, J. The Birds of Asia. Parts xxix. & xxx., April 1 and Oct. 1, 
1877. [PringilUdcB^ Pittidce, Sturnidm, AlcedinidcE^ Paridce, Cucu- 
lidce, PTiasianidce, Picidce, Eurylcemidce, Oriolidce, Dicceidce.'] 
. The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, in- 
cluding any new species that may be discovered in Australia. Parts 
iv. & V., Jan. 1 and June 1, 1877. \^Pittidce, Paradiseidce, Meli- 
phagidcB, Muscicapidce, Psittacidoe, Sylviidce, Paridce, Casuariidce, 
Cuculidce.'\ 
Gurney, J. H. Notes on a ‘Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British 
Museum,’ by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). Ibis, 1877, pp. 209-236, 
325-336, 418-437. Falconidce. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xii. p. 34, & xiii. 
Aves, p, 13.] 
. Letter on a Falcon taken off Socotra, and living in the Zoological 
Society’s Gardens. Tom. cit. pp. 397 & 398. [See tom. cit. p. 149.] 
[This Falcon has since proved to be F. peregrinus, see op. cit. 1878, 
p. 380.] 
. [See Ayres, Thomas.] 
, J. H., JuN. Letter on the Trachea of mvciQ Anatidce. Tom. cit. 
pp. 396 & 396. 
. Notes on the Fern Islands and some of the Birds which are 
found there. P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. 1877, pp. 268-278. 
IIanf, P. B. Der Vogelzug am Furtteiche bei Mariahof in Oberstier- 
mark im Jahre 1876. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxvii. pp. 235-240. 
Hartlaub, G. Die Vogel Madagascars und der Mascarenen, einBeitrag 
zur Zoologie der asthiopischen Region. Halle, 1877, 8vo. 
Points out the numerous strong points of affinity with the Indian 
Avifauna, and the absence, on the other hand, of the characteristic 
African forms. 
. General Remarks on the Avifauna of Madagascar and the MaS- 
carene Islands. Ibis, 1877, pp. 334-336. 
An abstract from the introduction to the above work. 
Heuglin, M. T. V. Reise in Nordost Afrika. Schilderungen aus dem 
Gebiete der Beni-Amer und Habab, mit zoologischen Skizzen und 
einem Fiihrer fiir Jagdreisende. Braunschweig, 1877, 2 vols. 8vo. 
The first volume contains a narrative of the late author’s expedition 
along the mountainous district bordering the Red Sea between Suakim 
and Massouah, with a map. In the second volume 416 species of birds 
are enumerated, and 2 species are figured [Sylviidoe, Muscicapidee']. 
Homeyer, E. F. V. Bemerkungen zur Ornis Bulgariens mit Riicksicht 
auf der Bericht der Gebriider Sintenis und die Reise- ergebnisse von 
Dr. Finsch in J. f. O. 1859, p. 378. J. f. O. 1877, pp. 69-74. 
