LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 
Aves 13 
Dowdeswell, G. F. On the Appearances which some Micro-organisms 
present under different conditions, as exemplified in the Microbe of 
Chicken Cholera. J. R. Micr. Soc. 1886, pp. 32-36, pi. vi. 
Dresser, H. E. A Monograph of the Meropidce, or Family of the Bee- 
Eaters. London : 1886, sm. fol. pt. v, pp. 133-144, 40a & 40b, 
Preface, Introduction, &c., pp. i-xx. 
Plates are given of Nyctiornis amictus, N. either toni, Meropogon forsteni ,' 
Merops breweri, M. sumatranus , if. bicolor , M. viridis. [See Merops 
muscatensis , n. sp. (pp. 40a & 40b).] 
. [See also Troglodytes ( Troglodytidcc ).] 
Drummond-Hay, H. M. Report on the Ornithology of the East of 
Scotland, from Fife to Aberdeenshire inclusive. Scot. Nat. 1886, 
pp. 355-380. 
Dubois, A. Revue des Oiseaux observes en Belgique. Bull. Mus. Belg. 
iv, pp. 1-24. [336 species.] • 
. Liste des Oiseaux recucillis par M. lo Capitaino Em. Storms dans 
la region du Lac Tanganyika (1882-1884). T. c. pp. 147-150. 
202 species, including JJuceros dubius [c/. Zool. Rec. xxii, Aves , p. 49]. 
. Compte Rendu des Observations Ornithologiques faites en Bel- 
gique pendant l’ann6e 1885. T. c. pp. 178-210. 
Duckworth, W. [See Magtjierson, H. A.] 
Dury, C. On tlio Destruction of Nativo Birds. J. Cineinn. Soc. 1886 
(ix), pp. 163 & 192. 
Dutciier, W. Bird Notes from Long Island, N. Y. Auk, iii, pp. 432- 
444. \Cf. Zool. Rec. xxii, Aves, p. 9.] 
Notes on 24 species. 
Dyciie, L. L. [See Loxia (Fringillidce).'] 
Edwards, C. L. The Relation of the Pectoral Muscles of Birds to the 
Power of Flight. Am. Nat. 1886, pp. 25-29. 
A list of species with the ratio of tho pectoral muscles to the weight 
of the body in each, following a few general remarks. 
Elliot, H. W. An Arctic Province, Alaska and the Seal Islands. 
London : 1886, 8vo, xv & 473 pp., maps, plates, and cuts. 
Containing a few notices of Sea Birds. 
Erdmann, — . Briefliches fiber Eierlegen. J. f. O. 1886, p. 405. 
Corroboration of statement by Jasse, J. 
Evans, W. [See Scolopax ( Scolopacidce ), Motacilla ( Motacillidce ).] 
Evermann, B. W. A List of tho Birds observed in Vontura County, 
California. Auk, iii, pp. 86-94 & 179-186. 
200 species are given, 108 breeding. 
