8 Aves. 
AVES. 
Hartlaub, G. Bcitrag zur Ornithologie des Ostlich-Aquatorialen Ge- 
biete Africas. Nach Sendungen und Noten von D. Emin Bey in 
Lado. Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. pp. 83-128, taf. v. 
154 species noticed, and a complete list of Emin Bey’s collections given, 
with a map of the district where they were obtained. 11 are new [ Afus - 
cicapidce , Laniidce , Timeliidce , Nectariniidai , Ploceidce . ] 
. Ueber einige neue Vogel aus dem oberen Nilgebiete. J. f. O. 
1882, pp. 321-329, taf. i. [See Lciniidce, Paridce, Timeliidce , Ploceidce , 
Fringillidce , Capitonidce , Perdicidce.~\ 
Hauvi e-Brown, J. A. Remarks on the Grouse Disease. Zool. 1882, 
pp. 401-404. 
The author traces the cause of the disease to “ over-stocking, over- 
preservation, and tho complete and indiscriminate slaughter of certain 
species of vermin (or so-called vermin).” 
. [See also Turdidce.'] 
Haswell, W. A. Note on the Anatomy of two rare Genera of Pigeons. 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 115 & 116. [ Columbce .] 
. Note on some points in tho Anatomy of the Pigeons referred to 
by Dr. Hans Gadow in a recent Paper on the Anatomy of P ter odea. 
Tom. cit. pp. 397-402. 
A reply to some of Dr. Gadow’s criticisms. 
Hay, W. 0. D, A List of Birds from the Lower Mississippi Valley, 
observed during the summer of 1881, with brief notes. Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, vii. pp. 89-94. 
Hodek, E. Niitzlichle und schadliche Vogel. MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1882, 
pp. 80-85. 
Hoffman, W. J. List of Birds observed at Ft. Berthold, D. T., 
during the month of September, 1881. P. Bost. Soc. xxi. pp. 
397-404. 
Holub, E. Vortrag uber die Vogelwelt Sudafrika’s. MT. orn. Ver. 
Wien, 1882, pp. 1-7. 
. Ueber dio Vogelwelt Siidafrikas. Vortrag gehalten im grunen 
Saale der K. K. Akad. d. Wissensch. im Ornith. Vereine am 11 
Nov. 1881. Op. cit. No. 1. 
A treatise on the principal features of South African Ornithology. 
, & Pelzeln, A. von. Beitriige zur Ornithologie Siidafrikas. Mit 
besonderer Beriicksichtigung der von Dr. Holub auf seinen siidafri- 
kanischen Reiseu gesammelten und im Pavilion des Amateurs zu 
Wien ausgestellten Arten. Wien : 1882, 8vo, pp. 385, pis. 
Field-notes, with good illustrations of nests, and osteological specimens. 
3 species are figured, 2 being new to science ( Timeliidce , Laniidce , and 
S tumid te). 
Huet, M. Note sur les naissances d’Oiseaux obtenus en 1881 a la 
Menagerie du Museum dTIistoire Naturelle. Bull. Soc. Accliin. 
1882, p. 352. 
