THE GENERAL SUBJECT. AveS 5 
Barrington, R. M. [Soe Mascicapa (Mnscioapidce), Puffinus (Pro* 
cellariidce ).] 
Bartlett, E. A Monograph of the Weaver-Birds, Ploceidce , and 
Arboreal and Terrestrial Finches, Fringillidce . Pts. i & il. 
Maidstone: 1888, era. 4to, pagin. discont,, 12 pis., for which see 
the families. 
Basedow, H. v. Psycliologische Bilder aus der Vogelwelt, MT. orn. 
Yer, Wien, 1888, pp. 4 & 5. 
. Beitrage zur Ornithologie Thiiringens. T. c , pp. 65 & 66, 
*— ■. [See also Gallinago (Scolopacidce),] 
Beard, J. Morphological Studies. II. — The Development of the 
Peripheral Nervous System of Vertebrates. (Part i, Elasmotranchii 
and Aves.) Q. J. Micr. Sci. 1888, pp. 153-227, pis. xvi-xxi. 
Section ii treats of the chick of the common fowl, 
Beciier, E. F. Some Cold-Weather Notes from Ouzerat. J* Bomb. 
N. H. Soc. iii, pp. 114-117. 
. Hot-Weather Notes in the Central Provinoes. T. c , pp. 
134-137. 
Both of these papers treat chiefly of Birds. 
Beckham, C. W. Birds of South-western Texas. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
1887, pp. 633-696. 
A list of 283 species, with short notes. The writer’s researches were 
made in Bexar, Bee, and Nueces Counties, and he considers the district to 
be a great meeting-point of eastern and western forms. He compares 
his list with those of Dresser, Sennett, N. C. Brown , and others. 
Beckwith, W. E. Notes on Shropshire Birds. Tr. Shropshire 
Soc. xi [1888], pp. 223-238 & 387-402. [Cf. Zool. Rec. xxiv, 
Aves, p. 4.] 
Beddard, F. E. Notes on the Visceral Anatomy of Birds. No. it. — 
On the Respiratory Organs in certain Diving Birds. P. Z. S. 1888, 
pp. 252-258, 2 cuts. [Of. Zool. Rec. xxii, Aves, p. 4.] 
On examiniu g Fratercula arclica, Eudyptula minor, Spheniscits demersus, 
and Rhampliastos ariel, the author found that the oblique septum was 
covered for a considerable area with a layer of muscular fibres, a point 
which had been established by Filhol in the case of Eudyptes, and, to 
a less degreo, by Huxley in that of the Duck. Comparing with these 
facts the structure of the viscera in the Crocodile, he deduces that “ the 
entire fibrous expansion which arises from the vertebral column and 
extends over the anterior face of the stomach, liver, &c., in the Croco- 
dile represents both the oblique septa and the omentum in the bird*” 
(which are to be derived from it), and that “ the oblique septum of 
Birds has been produced by a vertical fold of this fibrous expansion.” 
. [See also Striges, Ardeidw (anat.).] 
