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22 AVES.
Contains many original observations, with references to
some of the authors who have studied the matter.
STREETS, T. HALE. Remarks on Huxley's Classification of
Birds. P. Ac. Philad. 1870, pp. 84-88.
A few criticisms and additional notes on Prof. Huxley's celebrated
paper (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 46).
SWINHOE, R. List of Birds collected by Mr. Cuthbert Collingwood
during a cruise in the China and Japan seas, with
Notes. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 600-604.
The specimens collected by Mr. Collingwood during his voyage
(Zool. Rec. v. p. 33) have been examined and named by the
author. They belong to 33 species.
TRISTRAM, H. B. Notes on some Old-World species of Passerine
Birds [Cinclidee, Turdida, Sylviidcs]. Ibis, 1870,
pp. 493-497
Woon, T. W The Courtship of Birds. Stud. 1870, pp. 113-
125, pis.
A popular essay on this subject, illustrated by sketches of
some of the extraordinary positions assumed by the male of
various species during the season of love.
PAL^ARCTIC REGION.
ADAMS, ARTHUR. Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria.
London : 1870. 8vo, pp. 334.
An interesting volume, but calling for no special remark from
an ornithologist.
BALD A MUS, E. Ornithologisches aus meinen Tagebfichern. J.
f. O. 1870, pp. 94-118.
Notes of a journey in Southern Germany and Switzerland.
BETTONI, EUGENIO. Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidificano
in Lombardia ad illustrazione della raccolta ornitologica
dei fratelli ERCOLE ed ERNESTO TURATI, con tavole
litografate e colorate prese dal vero da O. DRESSLER.
Milano: 1870. Folio. Vol. ii. fascicoli xxiv.
A continuation of the work before noticed (Zool. Rec. vi.
p. 31). The species of which the young and eggs are figured
will be named under " NEOSSOLOGY " and " OOLOGY."
BUCKLEY, T. E. [See ELWES, H. J.]
DE SELYS-LONGCHAMPS, Baron. Notes on various Birds observed
in Italian Museums in 1866. Ibis, 1870, pp. 149-
455.