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28 AYES.
Gallinee, 1 to Struthiones (an admirable dissertation), 90 to
Grallee, and the rest to Natatores.
FINSCH, O. On a Collection of Birds from North-Eastern
Abyssinia and the Bogos Country. With notes by the
collector, W. JESSE. Tr. Z. S. vii. pp. 197-331, pis. 24-27,
with a map.
Mr. Jesse was zoologist to the Abyssinian Expedition, but
was unable to follow the army into the interior. However, he
joined Mr. Blanford (as above mentioned) in an excursion to
the Bogos Country, where he formed the collection of which Dr.
Finsch treats. It contained 221 species, two of which (belonging
to Laniidce and Alaudidee) are described as new. In
an appendix Mr. Jesse's 'Report,' noticed last year (Zool.
Rec. vi. p. 40), is reprinted, and a second appendix contains some
supplementary remarks, and gives a list of the species (101)
obtained by Mr. Blanford, but not by Mr. Jesse.
HARTLAUB, G. [See FINSCH, O.J
HEUGLIN, M. T. VON. Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen-
und Kusten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres' und des
nordlichen Somal-Landes. Lieferung 14-17. Cassel: 1870.
Imp. 8vo, pp. 417-656, pis. vii., x., xi., xxv., b.
Four parts of this work appeared during the year and equal
in merit those already noticed (Zool. Rec. vi. p. 40). The
synonymy is carefully treated, and the excellent Latin diagnoses
are worthy of all praise. The plates are fairly executed, and it
is a pity that they are not published with the letterpress to
which they refer.
JESSE, WILLIAM. [See FINSCH, O., and also BLANFORD, W- T.]
MELLISS, J. C. Notes on the Birds of the Island of St. Helena.
Ibis, 1870, pp. 97-107.
Thirty-three species are eumerated, but, excluding Sea-birds,
of which 8 visit or breed on the island, only one appears to be
indigenous, all the rest being exotic.
PIKE, N. A visit to Round Island. Trans. R. Soc. Maur. n s
vol. iv. p. 11, 1870.
Contains a few remarks on birds, but little ornithological information
not previously known {cf. Ibis, 1861, p. 180).
SALVADORI, T. Rivista critica del catalogo dcscrittivo di una
collezione di I'ccelli fatta da Orazio Antinori nell' interno
dell' Africa centrale nord dal maggio 1859 al iudio 18G1
Atti Ace. Tor. 1870, pp. 719-710, pis. i., ii.
Contains remarks on about 70 species included in the Marquess's
list, besides two others overlooked by him (cf. Ibis 1870
pp. 518, 519).