THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves, 13 
Landbeck, C. L. Einige Bemerkungen iiber den Condor. Tom. cit. 
pp. 296-298. 
— — . Jagd, Vogolfang nnd Vogolliandol in Chilo. Tom. cit. pp. 370-872^ 
Lawrence, G. N. Description of New species of Birds from the Island 
of Dominica. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. i. pp. 46-49. 
Three apparently new species are described \Troglodytidm^ Mniotiltido}^ 
Tyrannidai\. 
. Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the families Trochilidm 
and TetraonidcB. Tom. cit. i. pp. 60-52. 
Three species are described. 
. A Provisional List of the Birds preserved and noticed by Mr. 
Fred. A. Obcr in the island of Dominica. “ Forest and Stream,” 
New York, Dec. 6th, 1877. 
Fifty-six species are enumerated in this list, which is preliminary to a 
complete catalogue. 
Langdon, Frank W. A Catalogue of the Birds in the vicinity of Cin- 
cinnati, with Notes. Salem, Mass. : 1877, 8vo, pp. 18. 
Layard, E. L. The Birds of South Africa. New edition, thoroughly 
revised and augmented by R. Bowdler Sharpe. London : Pt. iv., 
April, 1877. 
This part contains the remainder of the Turdidcn (including the 
Sylviidcc'), the Nectariniidcc, Paridce, and part of the Muscicapidw. One 
species is figured 
. Remarks on the exact localities of some Birds from the Islands of 
the South Pacific. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 464-465. 
Corrects some errors of detail in Dr. Finsch’s remarks on geographical 
distribution [see P. Z. S. 1874, p. 94]. 
. On two African Cuckoos of the genus Coccystes. Tom. cit. 
p. 466. 
& E. L. C. Notes on the Avifauna of New Caledonia. Ibis, 1877, 
pp. 365-363. 
Field notes, supplemented by a list, extracted from Aet. Soo. L. Bord. 
xxvii., entitled ‘ Melanges Ornithologiques sur la Faune de la Nouvelle 
Cal^donie et description d’une espece nouvelle,’ by M. Mario. Some 
interesting articles by the above authors are also to be found in “ The 
Field ” newspaper. 
Lenz, H. Mittheilungen fiber malayische Vogel. J. f. O. 1877, 
pp. 359-382. 
A report on a collection containing 80 species, obtained in North 
Celebes, Araboina, Ceram, and Bouru. 
McCauley, C. A. H. Notes on the Ornithology about the source of 
the Red River of Texas, from observations made during the explora- 
tion conducted by Lieut. E. H. Ruffner ; annotated by Dr. Elliot 
Coues. Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. iii. pp. 655-695. 
Relates to the ornithology of the flat treeless waste, 4000 feet above the 
