22 Avea. 
AVBS. 
ScLATER, P. L. Reports on the Collections of Birds made during the 
Voyage of H.M.S. ‘ Challenger/ No. I. General Remarks on the 
Collections. Tom. cit. pp. 534 & 535. No. III. On the Birds of the 
Admiralty Islands. Tom. cit. pp. 651-557. 
A week’s stay at these almost unvisited islands, situated to the north 
of New Guinea, in lat. 2° 18' S., long. 146® 44' E., produced 56 speci- 
mens belonging to 27 species, no less than 7 of which appear to be new. 
[Muscicapidm, MeliphagidcBj Sturnidm, Columhidce^ Megapodid(e.~\ 
. Description of two new Ant-birds of the Genus Grallaria^ with a 
List of the known Species of the Genus. Ibis, 1877, pp. 437-451. 
Twenty-seven species are enumerated and described, and 2 are figured 
[Formicariidoi\. 
. [For other papers on single genera and species, see Anatidtc, Frin- 
gillidoi^ P,Hiitaci, Plataleidce.'] 
& Salvin, Osbert. Description of Eight New Species of South 
American Birds. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 18-22. [Tanagridce, Fringil- 
lidccy Tyrannidce, Picidce, Columhidce, Cracidoi.~\ 
& . Descriptions of Six New Species of South American Birds. 
Tom. cit. pp. 521-523. 
These species are from Ecuador and Peru. [Mniotiltidoc^ Tanagridce^ 
Tyrannidoi, Coting idoi, Anatidoi.'] 
Seeboiim, H. Supplementary Notes on the Ornithology of Heligoland. 
Ibis, 1877, pp. 156-166. 
A valuable supplement to the notes of Blasius and Cordeaux on this 
island, and on Gaetke’s collection. Some interesting Turdidce, Sylviidce, 
&c., recorded. The author is engaged in translating and editing Gaetke’s 
work on the subject. 
. [For other important papers, see Sylviidce and Motacillidce.'] 
SriARPB, R. B. Descriptions of 3 apparently New Species obtained by 
O. Stone in New Guinea. Nature, xiy. p. 339. 
[^ParadiseidcCf Diccddce^ Cohmhidoc, but see J. L. S. xiii. p. 603, for 
rectification of last. Omitted from Zool. Rec. xiii.] 
. On the Geographical Distribution of the Accipitres. Pt. i. 
Vultaridoi. J. L. S. xiii. pp. 1-26, pis. i.-ix. 
Tliis paper is the first of a series intended to be supplementary to the 
treatment of the above family with regard to classification, as set forth 
in the British Museum Catalogue of Birds, pt. i. It is elucidated by maps 
coloured so as to show the ascertained and probable distribution of the 
more important species. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xiii.] 
. Contributions to the Ornithology of New Guinea. Pt. i. Notes 
on a small Collection of Birds from South-eastern New Guinea. 
Tom. cit. pp. 79-83. 
Remarks upon 9 species, 1 of which is considered to be new. [^Camjge- 
‘phagidui.~\ [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xiii.] 
