12 Aves. 
AVES. 
Nutting, C. C. [See Ridgway, R.] 
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including those found in the adjoining State of Karennee. London: 
1883, roy. 8vo, i. pp. 1-431, ii. pp. i.-xxxii. & 1-493. 
An admirably concise handbook of Burmese ornithology, comprising 
the results of the author’s long residence in the country, as well as an 
epitome of all the published essays on the ornithology of the Burmese 
sub-region. 780 species are enumerated. [Timeliidce, Campophagidce, 
Cypselidce.'] 
. [See Phasianidce.'] 
Oustalet, E. L’architecture des Oiseaux. Rev. Sci. (3) iii. pp. 545-555. 
. Note sur les collections rapportces par M. Chantre do son voyage 
au Caucase et en Orient. Arch. Sci. nat. (6) xiii. Art. vii. pp. 1-8, 
1882. [ Pelecanidce .] 
. [See Phasianidce , Pelecanidce , Psittaci, Alcedinidce.] 
Owen, R. [See Batitce.] 
Palmi£n, J. A. [See Sundman, G.] 
Parker, H. Observations on Early Nidification and Migration in 
North-West Ceylon. Ibis, 1883, pp. 191-198. 
Parker, W. N. Note on the Respiratory Organs of Rhea. P. Z. S. 
1883, pp. 141 & 142. 
Paroni, C. La pigomelia nei Vertebra ti. Atti Soc. Ital. xxvi. 
pp. 211-326. 
Pelzeln, A. von. Bericht iiber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte 
der Vogel wiihrend des Jahres 1881. Arch. f. Nat. xlviii. pp. 299-384. 
. Ueber eine Sendung von Vogeln aus Borneo. Verh. z.-b. Wien, 
xxxii. pp. 265-270. 
. Ueber eine Sendung von Saugethieren und Vogeln aus Ecuador, v. 
Tom. cit. pp. 443-448. [ Mniotiltidce , Tyrannidce.] 
. Ueber Dr. Emin Bey’s dritte Sendung von Vogeln aus Central 
Afrika. Tom. cit. pp. 499-512. 
Several rare species are noticed, 1 being new [Timeliidce]. 
Prjevalsky, N. Tretye Puteshestvie v Centralnoi Asii. Iz Zaizana 
cherez Khamiv Tibet i na verkhovya Joltoi Raki. [Third Journey 
to Central Asia. From Zaisan, via Hami to Tibet and the head- 
waters of the Yellow River.] St. Petersburg: 1883, 4to, pp. i.-iv., 
i., ii., & 1-476, maps, plates, and woodcuts. 
This work being written in Russian, with no index, it is impossible to 
follow the author. Several names appear to be new, but no descriptions 
are to be found. 
Ramsay, E. P. Contributions to Australian Oology. Part ii. P. Linn. 
Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 406-415. 
In continuation of the author’s former paper [Zool. Rec. xix. Aves, 
p. 14], some of the eggs being figured on the plates which accompany that 
