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observed by him during his North American journey twenty-five 
years ago. Had this been published soon after his return, it is 
probable that the species to which he gives names as undescribed 
might have been really new. It is, however, hardly likely that 
they can have escaped the penetrating researches of the Ameri¬ 
cans up to the present time. BrehnPs f Singing-birds of Spain 3 
well merits perusal. Under the head of Dromolrea leucura } 
which he observed in that country, he takes the opportunity of 
describing two new species from Egypt, Dromolcea leucocephala 
and D. leucopygia (Journ. f. Orn. 1858, pp. 62 and 66). We 
believe them to be well-founded, having lately examined examples 
of both, obtained by Mr. Tristram in the Algerian Sahara. In 
Heft ii. Hr. Boilers paper on the Wild Canary, and Prof. Bur- 
meisteFs Ornithological letter from Mendoza are both of a very 
interesting nature. The Turdus anthracinus , mentioned by the 
latter author as one of the true Thrushes occurring in the 
vicinity of Mendoza, is doubtless H’Orbigny^s Turdus fuscater, 
of which Mr. Bridges obtained specimens in the same locality. 
Heft iii. contains the commencement of a very elaborate article 
on the Anatomy and General History of the Cuckoo by Hr. Opel. 
A note from Herr von Homeyer seems to confirm Hr. Gloger’s 
views as to the distinctness of Carbo desmaresti of the Eastern 
Mediterranean. In Heft 4 is the second part of Hr. OpePs essay 
on Cuculus, at the end of which (p. 306) will be found the 
results at which the author has arrived as to the causes of its 
singular method of propagation. Professor Alex, von Nordmann 
communicates observations on the Nesting of the Waxen Chatterer 
(Ampelis garrula). We beg to remind him that our countryman 
Mr. John Wolley is entitled to the whole merit of this discovery. 
The nest and eggs were first taken by Mr. Wolley in June 1856, 
and were exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological Society held 
on the 24th of March, 1857. If the Professor will refer to the 
Illustrated volume of Proceedings for that year, he will find not 
only a full description, but a figure of both nest and eggs. 
Of ‘ Naumannia^ for 1858 we have only received the first part. 
It contains amongst other things an account of the birds of the 
Cyclades by Hr. Erhard. Fifty-two species are given as per¬ 
manent residents, 77 as winter visitants, 62 as birds of passage 
