36 Aves. 
AYES. 
Sharpe, R. B. On a Collection of Birds from Fao, in the Persian 
Gulf. With Notes by the Collector, W. D. Gumming. Ibis, 1886, 
pp. 475-493. 
[See Hypocolius ( Laniidce ).] 
. On a Collection of Birds from the Vicinity of Muscat. T. c. 
pp. 162-168. 
[See Bubo milesi ( Striges ), Merops musccitensis ( Meropidce ), n. spp., 
Alcedo ( Alcedinidce).~\ 
. On a Collection of Birds from Bushire, in the Persian Gulf. 
T. c. pp. 493-499. 
. Notos on the Specimens in tlio Hume Collection of Birds. No. I. 
On the Hawfinch from Attock. P. Z. S. 1886, pp. 96 & 97. No. II. 
On some Rosefinches, p. 353. No. ill. On Lalage melanothorax , 
p. 354. No. iv. On some Flycatchers of the Genus Siphia , p. 354. 
[See Coccothraustes humii , Carpoclacus severtzovi , n. spp., Propasser 
(Fringillidce), Lalage ( Campophagidce) } Siphia ( Muscicapidai).\ 
. Notes on some Birds from Perak. T. c. pp. 350-353. 
The species from the Mountains of Malacca are partly Sumatran, 
partly Himalayan. Two are recorded, hitherto considered peculiar to 
Sumatra. [See Psilopogon ( Capitonidce ), Rliinocichla (Muscicapidai ) .] 
. [See also Gould, J. [the late], Yerbury, J. W., and Pgrrhula 
kurilensis , n. sp. (Fringillidce).]. 
, & Wyatt, C. W. A Monograph of the Ilirundinidcc , or Family 
of Swallows. London : 1886, 4to, pts. iii & iv, pp. discout., 12 pis. 
[Cf. Zool. Rec. xxii, Aves , p. 29.] 
For species figured sco the Family. 
Shelley, G. E. A Review of the Species of the Family Ploceidce of 
the Ethiopian Region. Part i. Viduince. Ibis, 1886, pp. 301-359* 
pi. ix. 
An elaborate paper on the Family, which the author divides into two 
subfamilies, the Viduince and Ploccince , distinguished by the shape of the 
bastard primary. Ho gives keys to the genera and species, with full 
synonymy of each. [See Estrelda atrxcapilla , pi., Pyromelana aurea y pi., 
Vidua verreauxi .] 
Shufeldt, R. W. Feathered Forms of other Days. The Century 
Illustrated Monthly Magazine (New York & London), xxxi, No. 3 
[Jan., 1886], pp. 352-365, cuts. 
The author figures Archaeopteryx [2 slabs and an imaginary restoration], 
Jlesperornis regalis [skeleton and restoration], Ichthyornis victor [skele- 
ton], Palapteryx , Didus inept us, Leguatia gigantca , Somateria labradori, 
Alca impennis. He makes the head and body of Archceopteryx naked, 
whereas, no doubt the feathers had been abraded, together with the skin, 
by the action of the waves before the fossil stage, except those most 
deeply seated. 
