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Recent Ornithological Publications. 
pictures be otherwise than life-like ? The four parts of last year’s 
‘ Proceedings’ together form a volume of nearly double the usual 
thickness, and accompanied by no less than 45 plates. The 
papers relating to Ornithology in the last part are the following i 
— “ Characters of five new species of American Birds ” (p. 446), 
and “ List of Birds collected by Mr. Louis Praser at Cuenca, 
Gualaquiza, and Zamora in the Republic of Ecuador” (p. 449), 
by P. L. Sclater : “ Synopsis generis Fringillini, Rrythruree^ 
by Dr. G. Hartlaub (p. 461): “ Notes on the habits of the Scy- 
throps novee liollandice ,” by Dr. G. Bennett of Sydney (p. 462): 
Notes on the habits, haunts, &c., of some of the Birds of In¬ 
dia,” by Dr. A. L. Adams (p. 466) : u On two species of Ant- 
birds in the collection of the Derby Museum ” (p. 540), and 
“Note on the genus Cichlopsis of Cabanis” (p.541), by P. L. 
Sclater: “ On the Indian Pheasants bred in the Menagerie,” 
by D. W. Mitchell (p. 544), and “ On the Birds collected by 
Mr. Praser in the vicinity of Riobamba in Ecuador,” by P. L. 
Sclater (p. 549). Beautiful figures of the eggs and young of 
the species of Indian Phasianidce, bred in the Society’s Gardens 
(Lophophorus impeyanus , Catreus wallichii } Gallophasis horsfieldi , 
G. albocristatus and G. melanotus ), are given. The latter are 
copied from Mr. Wolf’s drawings in the portfolio of the Society. 
The first of the two numbers of Mr. Gould’s ‘ Birds of Asia’ 
for the present year is now ready, forming Part II. of this great 
work. It contains figures of 
Gennceus nycthemerus, of China. 
Dendrochelidon coronatus, of India. 
„ klecho, of Java. 
„ wallacei, of Celebes. 
„ mystaceus, of New Guinea. 
„ comatus, of Eastern Malasia. 
Harpactes duvauceli, of Sumatra and Borneo. 
„ rutilus, of Malacca. 
Amydrus tristrami, of Palestine. 
Merula castanea, of Northern Hindostan. 
„ albocincta, of ,, „ 
„ boulboul;, of „ „ 
Par us dichrous, of Nepal. 
„ rubidiventris, of Nepal. 
„ rufonuchalis, of N.W. India. 
,, melanolophus } of „ 
