14 Aces. 
AYES. 
Faxon, W., & Allen, J. A. Notes on the Summer Birds o£ Holder- 
ness, Bethlehem, and Franconia, N.H. T. c. pp. 149-155. 
Tho Allcghauian avifauna meets the Canadian in tho district, which 
constitutes the importance of this (mere) list. 
Feilden, II. W. [See Vanellus ( Charadriidto ), Pandion (Falconidat) } 
Sterna , Stercorarius ( Laridce ).] 
Felkin, R. W. [See Sciiweinfurth, G.] 
Finsch, 0. On the Birds of the Snares Islands, New Zealand. Ibis, 
1888, pp. 307-309. 
[See Sphenceacus ( Timeliuhe ), Myiomoira ( Syloudie ).] 
. Samoafahrten. Reisen in Kaiser Wilhelms-Land und Englisch- 
Neu-Guinea in den Jahren 1884 u. 1885, an bord des deutschen 
Dampfers “ Samoa.” Leipzig : 1883, 8vo, 390 pp., 85 illustr., 6 maps. 
Atlas, in 4to. 
Notices of Birds are to be found throughout. 
Fisher, A. K. Food of Hawks and Owls. Ann. Rep. Dep. Agrieult. 
[U.S.], 1887, pp. 402-422. N 
. Experiments in Poisoning. T. c. pp. 422-42G. 
. Notes on the Depredations of Blackbirds and Gophers in Northern 
Iowa and Southern Minnesota, in the Fall of 1887. T. c. pp. 
454-456. 
Fisher, W. H. [See Loxia (Fringilluhe), Dendragapus (Tetraonidce).] 
Fitcii, E. A. [See Ardea ( Ardeidce ).] 
, & Christy, M. A Visit t:> an Essex Gullery, with notes on the 
Birds frequenting the marshes round Tollesbury. Ess. Nat. 1888, 
pp. 193-198. 
Fitzgerald, R. D. [Junr.] [See Sphecotheres ( Oriolidw ), Gampopliaga 
( Ga mpophaguhe ) . ] 
French, C. Notes on the Zoology of Lake Albacutya District. Yict. 
Nat. v [1888], pp. 35-42. 
Several notices of Birds are included. 
Froude, W. On tho Soaring of Birds. P. R. Soc. Edinb. 1887-88, 
pp. 256-258. 
The author states there must be an upward current of air, probably 
produced, in certain cases, by the alternating heights of the rising and 
falling wave. 
FOrbringer, M. Uutersuchungen zur Morphologic und Systematik der 
Yogel, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Anatomie der Stutz- und Bewegungs- 
organe. Amsterdam : 1888, 2 vols., fol., xlix & 1751 pp., 30 pis. 
(Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Afl. xv, 1 & 2). [ Cf \ Gadow, II., 
infra.'] 
Tho general character of this important work has been indicated in 
our opening paragraph. It consists of two parts ; the first, which is 
