16 Aves. 
AYES. 
Siiarpe, XL B. Catalogue of the Passeriformes , or Perching Birds, in 
the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphce. Part, iv., 
containing the concluding portion of the family Timeliidce (Babbling 
Thrushes). [Vol. vii. of the Catalogue of Birds.] 1883 : 8vo, 
pp. i.-xvi. & 1-700, pis. i.-xv. 
— — . Note on Saxicola moniicola, with special reference to the obser- 
vations of Majors Butler & Feilden and Capt. Reid. Ibis, 1883, 
pp. 337-347. [Turdidce.] 
. [See Butler, E. A., & Gould, John.] 
[See also Diceidcv.'] 
Shelley, G. E. A List of the Birds collected by the late Mr. W. A. 
Forbes in the Niger Region. Ibis, 1883, pp. 538-5G2, pi. xiv. 
105 species enumerated, of which 1 is new [CharadriidceJ] 
. On the Columbidce of the Ethiopian Region. L. c. pp. 258-330. 
[ Columbce .] 
. [See also Fringillidce , Ploceidce.'] 
Sciiufeldt, R. W. [See Charadriidce, Pelecanidce.] 
Slater, H. H. Field Notes in Norway in 1881. Zool. 1883, pp, 4-14 
& 53-GO. [See Gruidce .] 
Smith, Cecil. On the Distinctions between various nearly-allied or 
similar forms of Birds, with special reference to those known to 
have occurred in the county (Somersetshire). P. Somerset. Soc. 
1883, pt. 2, pp. 1-40, with 4 pis. 
Gives distinguishing characters of various British Birds, with good 
explanatory plates. 
Smith, E. The Birds of Maine, with annotations of their comparative 
abundance, dates of migration, breeding habits, &c. Forest and 
Stream, xix. Nos. 22-26, xx. Nos. 1-7, 10-13. \_Cf. Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, viii. pp. 164-166.] 
Snelleman, J. F., in P. J. Veth’s “Midden Sumatra.” Leiden : 1882, 
4to, Aves. 
Four plates are published, but the Recorder has seen no letterpress as 
yet. [Nectar iniidce, Muscicapidce , Columbce , Phasianidce .] 
Stearns, W. A. New England Bird Life : being a Manual of New 
England Ornithology. Revised and edited from the MSS. of W. A. 
Stearns, by E. Coues. Part ii. Non*Oscinine Passeres, Birds of Prey, 
Game, and Water Birds. New York: 1883, 8vo, pp. 409. 
This book is concluded, and forms a very useful manual, being admirably 
edited by Coues. 
. Notes on the Natural History of Labrador. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
vi. pp. 111-137. 
Ill species of birds recorded. 
