l’HE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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b'E Vis, C. W. A Glimpse of the Post- tertiary Avifauna of Queensland. 
P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. iii [1888], pp. 1277-1292, pis. xxxiii-xxxvi. 
[See j Dendrocygna validipinnis : Nyroca robusla , N. australis ?, Anas elapsa 
(Ana tidal), Porphyrio P rcperta , Gallimtla slrenuipes , Fulica prior (Pal- 
lidal), Plotus parvus ( Ploiidai ), Xenorhynchus nanus ( Giconiidai ), Dromaus 
patricius ( Casuariidcu ), n. spp. ; Otididai , incert. gen.] 
. [See also Colluricincla sibila , n. sp. ( Laniidai ), Goura (Colam- 
bidai).] 
Dixon, C. Our Rarer Birds : being Studies in Ornithology and Oology. 
London : 1888, 8vo, 373 pp. 
Dombrowski, E. V. Beitrage zur Kenutniss der Vogelwelt des Neusied- 
lersees in Ungarn. MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1888, pp. 173-175. 
DOrRies, F. Die Vogelwelt von Ostsibirien. J. f. O. 1888, pp. 58-97. 
Communicated by T. Noack. 
133 species are mentioned in this important paper, which treats of the 
Islcnd of Ascold, near Vladivostok, the districts bordering the rivers 
Sidemi and Suiffun, and middle and lower Ussuria. Details of all sorts 
of fieli work are given in abundance, as tho result of the travels of the 
writer and his brother. [See Emberiza ( Fringillidce ).] 
Downs, A. Birds of Nova Scotia. P. N.-Scot. Inst, vii, pp. 142-178. 
A list of 240 species, with notes on those which are resident. 
Dresser, II. E. [See Lanins raddii , n. sp. {Laniidai) ] 
Drummono-Hay, H. M. Additional Notes on tho Report of tho Orni- 
thology of the East of Scotland, from Fife to Aberdeen inclusive 
(1885). Scat. Nat. 1888, pp. 345-350. 
[See Syrrhaptes ( Pteroclidai ), and cf. Zool. Rec. xxiii, Aves, p. 13.] 
. Notes on some Rare Perthshire Birds lately placed in the Museum. 
Tr. Perthsb. Soc. i, pp. 1-15. 
. [See also Saxicola (Sylviidai).] 
Duclos, G. Note sur l’education des Perdreaux en vue du repeuple- 
ment des chasses. Bull. Soc. Aoclim. 1888, pp. 343-34G. 
Dutcher, W. Bird Notes from Long Island, N.Y. Auk, 1888, pp. 
169-183. [Gf. Zool. Rec. xxiii, Aves, p. 13.] 
G species are new to the district, 3 of them to New York State, and 1 
perhaps to America. [See Laras (Laridai) ) 
Ei lioTj D. G. [See Agyrtria alleni , n. sp. ( Trothilulai), and Parridce.] 
Ellison, A. The Autumnal Migration of Biids in Ireland. Zool. 1888, 
pp. 16-19, cf, p. 67. 
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EvErmann, B. W. Birds of Carroll County, Indiana. Auk, 1888, 
pp* 344-351. 
