THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Ahes. 17 
Pavesi, P. Studi anatomici sopra alcuni uccelli. Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. 
pp. 66-82. 
Observations upon the convolutions of the trachea in Manucodia Jcerau- 
dreniy with illustrations, and on some members of the genus Diomedea. 
Pelzeln, a. von. Bericht fiber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte 
der Vogel wahrend des Jahres 1876. Arch. f. Nat. 1877, pp, 1-56. 
Another of the author’s annual records of ornithological literature, 
compiled with his usual care, 
. Description of a new species of Callistey and of a new Humming- 
Bird of the genus Heliangelus. Ibis, 1877, pp. 337-339 {^Tanagridce, 
Trochilidoi]. 
Prejevalsky, N. The Birds of Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the 
Solitudes of Northern Tibet. Orn. Misc. ii. pp. 134-204, 271-279, 
283-320, 379-389, 417-438, pis. i.-v. ; hi. pp. 47-53. 
This technical portion of the explorer’s [work, not included in the 
English edition made by Mr. E. Delmar Morgan, has now been translated 
by Mr. Carl Craemers ; the original plates are also reproduced with 
fidelity. \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Aves, p. 21.] 
Radakoff, B. Hand-Atlas der geographischen Ausbreitung der im 
Europfiischen Russland nistenden Vogel. Moscow : 1876, folio. 
The first instalment of a series of maps, coloured so as to indicate the 
range of the birds which breed in Russia. 
Ramsay, E. P. List of Australian Game Birds and other species which 
should bo protected by the “Game Preservation Act.” P. Linn. 
Soc. N.S. W. i. pp. 182-196. 
. Remarks on the large number of Game Birds which have of late 
been offered for sale in Sydney. Tom. cit. pp. 215-220. 
. Notes of a Collection of Birds from New Britain, New Ireland, 
and the Duke of York Islands, with some remarks on the Zoology 
of the Group. Tom. cit. pp. 369-376. 
This collection was formed by the Rev. G. Brown and Mr. J. 
Cockerell, and the former having sent to Mr. P. L. Sclater a set of all the 
species obtained, results are recorded in P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 96-114. 
& Castelnau, Comte de. Notes of a Collection of Birds from 
the Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, with descriptions of some 
new species. Tom. cit. pp. 379-386. 
106 species are enumerated, 3 of which are described as new, whilst 1 
is doubtful \Motacillid(By Fringillidm, Dicmidccy Scolopacidoe]. 
. Notes on a Collection of Birds from Port Moresby ; with descrip- 
tions of some new species. Tom. cit. pp. 386-395. 
This collection, numbering over 200 skins, was obtained by Mr. A. 
Goldie, chiefly on the Laloki River, and within a radius of fifteen miles 
of Port Moresby ; and of the 87 species enumerated, at least 40 are 
Australian. Several are doubtfully identified, and 3 are described as 
new {^AlcedinidcBy Laniidaiy Ploceidcc]. 
