12 Aves, 
AVES. 
Homeyer, E. F. Vt Deutschlands Saugethiere und Vogel, ihr Nutzen 
und Schaden. Zool. Gart. 1876, pp. 355-366, 393-402, 435-446. 
— — . Nutzen und Schaden der wichtigsten Sump- und Schwimpi-vogel. 
Op. cit. 1877, pp. 203-208. 
Notes on the good and harm of certain birds. 
Higgins, H. H. Notes by a Field-Naturalist in the Western Tropics. 
Liverpool ; 1877, 8vo, pp. 205. 
An interesting account of a visit to the West Indies in the yacht 
“ Argo,” with many notices of birds. 
Hume, A. O. A First List of the Birds of North-Eastern Cachar, Str. 
Feath. 1877, pp. 1-47. 
A report on a collection, consisting of 157 species, obtained by Mr. 
James Inglis, whose field-notes add greatly to the value of the paper. 4 
supposed new species are described [Falconidce, Pycnonotidce, Ploceidw]. 
. Novelties. Tom. cit. p. 51 [^Nectariniidcc], 
. Notes. Tom. cit. pp. 59-63, 117-140, 347-351, 495-504. 
The families and subjects alluded to in the above pages are too 
numerous to niention. 
. Novelties? Tom. cit. pp. 100-117, 13 species; pp. 334-339, 4 
species ; pp. 487-491, 4 species— total, 21 species — are described as 
new, or have new names proposed for them [Paridce^ Muscicapidocy 
LaniidcCy CapitonidcBy Turdidce\. 
. Notes on Nomenclature. I., Tom. cit. pp. 237-239; II., pp. 
275-280. 
. [For papers on single genera or species, see also under Certhiidcey 
Muscicapidccy CampephagidcBy SylvUdce, Hirundiriidce, Pelecanidccy 
Timeliidce}. 
Hutton, F. W. Remarks on Dr. von Haast’s Classification of the 
Moas. Tr. N. Z. Inst. ix. pp. 363-365. 
A criticism of Dr. Haast’s paper in Tr. N. Z. Inst. vi. p. 426. 
Krieger, O. von. Ueber den Herbstzug der Raubvogel und fiber das 
Vorkommen solcher Arten welche in der Unterherrschaft des Ffir- 
stenthurns Schwarzburg-Sondershausen seit einer Reihe von Jahren 
beobachtet oder erlegt worden sind. Zool. Gart. 1877, pp. 34-41, 
119-131, 183-194. 
Treats of the migration of the Falconidcc. 
Kutter, Dr. Betrachtungen fiber Systematik und Oologie vom Stand- 
punkte der Selectionstheorie. J. f. O. 1877, pp. 396-423. 
Landbeck, O. L. Bemerkungen fiber die Singvogel Chile’s. Zool. 
Gart. 1877, pp. 233-262. 
The author includes every bird, the note of which can by courtesy be 
called a song, and with the help of members of the Picidce and Tro- 
chilidoe, besides those of the great order Passeresy he makes a tolerably 
extensive list. 
