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XXY. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications :— 
30. Adrianof on the Birds of North-western Mongolia . 188 
31. 4 The Auk ’.189 
32. Barnes on the Birds of the Bombay Presidency . . 190 
33. Beckham on some Kentucky Birds.190 
34. Blomefield’s 4 Eeminiscences of Selby ’.191 
35. Booth on British Birds.191 
36. Canadian Record of Science . ..192 
37. Cory’s New List of West-Indian Birds ..... 192 
38. Dalgleish on the Birds of Culross and Tulliallan . . 192 
39. Des Murs on European Birds.193 
40. Finsch and Meyer on new Paradise-birds .... 193 
41. Giglioli and Manzella on Italian Birds.194 
42. Gould’s 4 Birds of New Guinea’.194 
43. Lawrence on Birds from Yucatan.195 
44. Murdoch on the Birds of Point Barrow.195 
45. Menzbier on the Posthumous Works of Severtzoff . 197 
46. 4 The Naturalist ’.198 
47. Newton’s Memoir of the late John Scales . . . .199 
48. Olphe-Galliard on the Birds of Western Europe . . 200 
49. Palacky on the Distribution of Birds.200 
50. Sharpe and Wyatt on the Hirundinidse.201 
51. Smithsonian Report for 1883 . 201 
52. Stejneger on the Birds of the Commander Islands and 
Kamtschatka.201 
53. Taczanowski’s 1 Ornithology of Peru ’.202 
XXYI. Letters, Announcements, &c.:— 
Letters from Mr. W. Davison, Dr. Gadow, Dr. Gunther, and 
Mr. W. E. Brooks; Science in Indiana; The Abundance of 
Quails last year; The Generic Term Simorhynchus; The Wings 
of Birds; The British Association Migration Committee; Habits 
of the Rufous-backed Humming-bird (Selasjohorus rufus ); New 
Birds from Celebes; New and Recent Expeditions .... 203 
