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of Geoffroy St. Hilaire himself, who, being sent out for that 
express object, packed up and transported to Paris everything 
deemed worthy of being added to the galleries of the Musee 
d’Histoire Naturelle in the Jardin des Plantes. Nor was any 
recompense awarded for this act of spoliation until quite recently, 
when, in 1859, mainly, we believe, through the exertions of S. 
Barbosa du Bocage himself, a series of duplicate specimens was 
obtained from the authorities of the Jardin des Plantes, which, to 
some extent, replaced what the unfortunate Portuguese lost in 
1808. After an outline of the history of the museum since its 
establishment, our author proceeds to give full instructions how 
such of his countrymen as are willing may best assist him in 
the efforts he is now making to restore their national museum 
to its former preeminence, by collecting and remitting examples 
of animals of all classes. A list of the principal desiderata of 
the museum is then given, and finally a catalogue of the birds 
of Portugal, to which a few notes on some of the species is added. 
Prom this part of the publication, which mainly concerns our¬ 
selves, there is not much, we confess, to be gathered; but we trust 
that it may only be the precursor of a more extended work on 
the ornithology of Portugal. Such a publication would greatly 
add to our knowledge of the laws of distribution of European 
species and their varieties—a most interesting subject, which is, 
as yet, still in its infancy. 
5. American Publications. 
Besides a new part of Mr. EllioPs monograph of the Pitta, 
several ornithological pamphlets have reached us from the other 
side of the Atlantic since we last addressed our readers. 
Prom Boston we have a “ Catalogue of the Birds found in the 
vicinity of Calais, Maine, and about the islands at the mouth of 
the Bay of Pundy,” which has been published in the * Proceed¬ 
ings of the Boston Society of Natural History ; for September 
last. This list was drawn up by Mr. George A. Boardman, but 
has been “ rewritten in a systematic form,” and communicated 
to the Society, by Mr. A. E. Verril. Little more than the names 
of the species (according to Baird’s nomenclature), and the 
period of the year at which they occur, is given. 
