16 Aves. 
AVES. 
Newton, Alfred. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, 
by the late Gilbert White ; edited by Thomas Hell. 2 vols, royal 
8vo. London : 1877, 
The natural history notes by A. Newton bear his initials. 
Newton, Edward. On a Collection of Birds from the Island of Anjuan. 
P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 295-302, pis. xxxiii. & xxxiv. 
Twenty-seven species are noticed, 8 of which are new to the fauna, and 
6 of them undescribed, the most interesting of the latter being a true 
Tardus^ a genus not previously known to exist in the Mascarene Islands 
or in Madagascar [^Diceidm^ Muscicajjidoi, Turdidoi, Columbidie]. 
Oates, E. W. Notes on the Nidification of some Burmese Birds. Str. 
Feath. 1876, pp. 141-170. 
Contains information as to the breeding of 96 species, with many 
important details not yet recorded in Mr. Hume’s “ Nests and Eggs.’* 
— - — . Notes on some Burmese Birds. Tom. cit. pp. 247-254. 
Five species are enumerated, none of which are new, but two are 
rare. 
OuSTALET, E. Description do quelques esp^ces nouvelles de la collec- 
tion ornithologiques du Museum d’ histoire naturelle. Bull. Soc. 
Philom. Paris (7), i. pp. 98-107. 
Remarks on several recently received collections from the Sandwich 
and the Seychelle Islands and South Africa. Descriptions of 1 new 
genus and 2 species [FringilUdce^ Sylviid<B\ and 1 sub-species 
[Glareolidai]. 
. [For single species, see also Timeliidce^ Ihididce.~\ 
Owen, Richard. On Dinornis (Part xxi.), containing a restoration of 
the skeleton of Dinornis maximus^ Owen; with an Appendix on 
Additional Evidence of the genus Dromornis in Australia. Tr. Z. S. 
X, pp. 147-188, pis. xxxi.-xxxiii. 
Parker, W. K, On the Structure and Development of the Bird’s 
Skull. Tr. L. S. (2) i. pt. iii. pp. 99-154, pis. xx.-xxvii. 
An important paper, illustrative of the variations in formation in the 
principal groups, with plates, principally of the palatal bones. 
Pascoe, F. P. Zoological Classification, a handy book of reference, with 
tables of the sub-kingdoms, classes, orders, &c., of the animal king- 
dom. London ; 1877, sm. 8vo. Aves^ pp. 149-166. 
Pa VEST, P. Sulla prima e recentissima comparsa in Lombardia del 
Beqcafico di Provenza. Rend. R. Inst. Lomb. (ii.) x. fasc. xx. 
Although the title only refers to Melizophilus provincialise the author 
writes a discursive paper upon the ornithology of Lombardy in general, 
and the district of Pavia and Brescia in particular. 
