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AYES. 
BY 
A. H. Evans, M.A., F.Z.S. 
The year 1886 is perhaps chiefly noticeable, from an ornithological point 
of view, for the largo number of papers on Anatomy, Morphology, Physi- 
ology, and Pathology. Excellent work in these subjects has been done 
by Beddard, Gadow, and Shufeldt ; Canfield, Meves (two papers on the 
eye), Goodchild, Kerschner, Klee, Lwoff (three papers on the feathers, 
&c.), and Sclater ; Cazin, Dareste, Gerlach, Halliburton, McAldowie, 
Nathusius, and Rochas ; Dowdeswell, Leniez, and Sutton. Sundevall’s 
work on the Wings of Birds has also been translated into English. Many 
important works have advanced a stage — noticeably those of Godman & 
Salvin (Biologia Centrali- Americana), Booth (Rough Notes on the Birds 
of the British Islands), Giglioli and Manzella (Iconografia dell’ Avifauna 
Italica), Lord Lilford (Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British 
Islands), Gould [Sharpe] (Birds of New Guinea), Meyer (AbbilduDgen 
von Yogel-skeletten), — while Dresser’s Monograph of the Meropidce and 
Taczanowski’s Ornithologie du Perou are concluded. Sclater continues 
the Catalogue of the Birds of the British Museum with vol. xi., treating 
of the Families Ccerebidcc , Tanagridcc, and Icteridce. Of new publica- 
tions the chief are those of Cory (Birds of the West Indies) and Reyes 
y Prosper (Birds of Spain, Portugal, and the Balearic Islands), which 
supplies a want much felt by ornithologists ; while Capeu (Oology of 
New Euglaud) and Jones (Birds of Ohio) add to our libraries two useful 
works on the Eggs and Nests of American Birds, with excellent plates. 
The continuation also of Sundman’s Finnische Yogeleier, under the 
name of Finska Fogeliigg, is a welcome addition to the same subject. 
Important papers on extinct species are contributed by Haast, Newton 
[E. T.] , and Owen, while the articles on Birds in the Encyclopaedia 
Britannica by Newton [A.] are, if possible, of greater interest than usual. 
Mention should be made, in conclusion, of the travels and explorations 
of Guillemard, Hartert, Johnston, and Radde. 
The chief works published during the past year, so far as they relate 
to Geographical Areas, &c., may be found under the names below, 
while reference should also be made to Berlepsch, Gadow [Bronn], Collett, 
