14 Aves. 
AVES. 
level of the sea, known as the JLlano-estacado, and is principally valuable 
as a>iding to the knowledge of geographical distribution over a little - 
known district, the species enumerated being neither numerous nor 
sp. cially interesting, 
M’Vean, Colin A. Notes on the Ornithology of Yedo. R. Phys. Soc. 
Edinb. 1877, [Only a separate copy seen by the Recorder.] 
Malm, A. W. Goteborgs och Bohuslans Fauna, Ryggradsjuren. Gote- 
borg : 1877, 8vo. lAves] pp. 60-90, & 171-364. 
The author notices 292 species of birds occurring in the Swedish pro- 
vinces of Goteborg and Bohusliin. The principal feature is the plan 
adopted by the author of renaming a species such as Tardus merula^ 
“ Merula linnei*’ in every case where the specific name employed by Lin- 
naeus has subsequently been used as generic one. The work is also 
disfigured by some mistakes in the spelling of the scientific names. [The 
Recorder has not attempted to chronicle these arbitrary alterations, as to 
do so, would involve a revision of a great portion of the European list.] 
Marchand, a. Poussins des Oiseaux d’Europe. R. Z. (3) v. pp. 
354-358. [^Perdicidce^ Laridcs, Anatidce, Plataleidw, FalconidWy 
Graidce^ Phcenicop teridce.'] 
Marsh, O. C. Characters of the Odontornithes, with notice of a new 
allied Genus. Am. J. Sci. (3) xiv. pp. 85-87, pi. v. 
Marshall, G. F. L. Birds’-Nesting in India. A Calendar of the 
Breeding Seasons, and a popular Guide to the Habits and Haunts of 
Birds. Calcutta : 1877, crown 8vo, pp. 184, illustrated. 
Martens, E. von. Die Preussische Expedition pach Ost-Asien. Zoo- 
logischer Theil. i. pp. 412, pi. xv. Berlin : 1876, 8vo. 
This account of the exploring expedition of the “Thetis” contains 
numerous allusions to the birds observed in the course of the voyage, the 
principal and most compendious observations being at pp. 87-109, on the 
birds of Japan ; pp. 187-193, on those of the Philippines ; pp. 215-217, 
on the birds of Siam ; and pp. 261-277, on the birds of the Indian Archi- 
pelago. Some copies of Japanese drawings are given, and one species is 
figured [Procellariidce], 
Merriam, C. H. Review of the Birds of Connecticut, with remarks on 
their habits. Tr. Conn. Ac. jv. pp. 1-151. 
The author enumerates 292 species, respecting which ho gives many 
interesting details, the result of much research. The general tendency of 
his observations is to show that, although essentially Alleghanian, the 
Avifauna of Connecticut is considerably tinged by the admixture of 
Carolinian forms. 
Meyer, A. B. Some additional proof, if needed, of the fact that the 
Red EclecU are the females of the Green ones. P. Z. S. 1877, 
pp. 800-803, pi. Ixxix. \Psittaci]. 
