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AYES
R. B. SHARPE, F.L.S., Libr. Z. S., &c,
AND
H. E. DRESSER, F.Z.S. &c.
THE authors of the following ' Record' cannot but feel that
there are many imperfections in their contribution; but they
trust that greater experience will another year result in a more
thorough knowledge of their duties, and, consequently, in a
more satisfactory discharge of their undertaking.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM.
BULLER, W. Critical Notes on the ornithological portion of
Taylor's ' New Zealand and its Inhabitants/ [See " AUS­
TRALIAN REGION."]
HARTLAUB, G. Bericht fiber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte
der Vogel wahrend des Jahres 1869. Arch. f.
Nat. xxxvi. Band ii. pp. 1-44.
This, as usual, gives a concise review of ornithological progress
in the year 1869. Dr. Hartlaub here completes his
Twenty-fourth annual report, and in it particularizes the supposed
new species which receive names for the first time in
Part I. of Mr. Gray's ' Hand-list/
HEUGLIN, M. TH. VON. Einige Noten zu L. Taczanowski's
Uebersicht der Vogel Algeriens. J. f. O. 1870, pp. 383-
385.
Contains a few criticisms on the paper noticed further on.
[See " PALJEARCTIC REGION."]
HOMEYER, ALEX. VON. Dr. Anton Fritsch. Die Naturgeschichte
der Vogel Europa's. J. f. O. 1870, pp. 150-152.
A review of the work named, which is well spoken of.
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