THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Aves 17 
[Shaeck, F. de.] [See ParidceJ] 
Sciiaff, E. Ornithologische Notizen. J. f. 0. 1890, pp. 157-159. 
. [See also Pterocletes.] 
Schalow, H. Neue Beitrage zur Vogelfauna von Brandenburg. T. c. 
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Gives also a complete list of the birds known to occur in Branden- 
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Schulz, F. VerZeichniss der bisher in Krain beobachteten Vogel. 
MT. Musealver. Krain, iii, 1890, pp. 341-362. 
Sclater, P. L. Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in 
the collection of the British Museum. Tracheophonse, or the Fami- 
lies Dendrocolaptidce [g'.v.], Formicariidce [^.v.], Conopophagidm [<?.v.], 
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[Yol. xv of The Catalogue of Birds.] \Cf. Allen, J. A., Auk, 1891, 
pp. 379 & 380.] 
. Remarks on the Fifth Cubital Remex of the Wing in the 
Carinatce. Ibis, 1890, pp. 77-83. 
Summarises all the facts yet recorded respecting the presence or absence 
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Scott, W. E. D. A Summary of Observations on the Birds of the 
Gulf Coast of Florida. [Zool. Rec. xxvi, Aves , p. 33.] Auk, vii, 
pp. 14-22 & 114-120. 
[ Mniotiltidce , Sittidce.~\ 
. On Birds observed at the Dry TortUgas, Florida, during parts of 
March and April, 1890. T. c. pp. 301-314. 
. [See Phcenicopteriformes , Columbiformes, Meleagridce, Hirun- 
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Sebright, Sir J. [See Harting, J. E.] 
Seebohm, H. Classification of Birds : an attempt to diagnose the Sub- 
classes, Orders, Suborders, and some of the Families of existing 
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. An attempt to diagnose the Pico -Passerine Group of Birds 
and the Suborders of which it consists. Ibis, 1890, pp. 29-37. 
Gives the diagnostic characters of the Passeres , Eurylcemi f Upupce , 
Scansores , and Iieterodactyli. 
— — . The Birds of the Japanese Empire. 1890, roy. 8vo, pp. i-xxiv 
& 1-386, with map and numerous woodcuts. 
Literature (pp. 1-18), Geographical Distribution (pp. 20-41), Classifi- 
cation and Identification of Japanese Birds (pp. 42-376), Index (pp. 377- 
386). The author includes in the Japanese avifauna all the outlying 
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