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p. 42), and the last we shall have from the author, whose early
death is much to be deplored.
BLANFORD, W. T. List of Birds obtained in the Irawadi valley
aroundAva,Thayet Myo,and Bassein. Tom.cit. pp.462-170.
The author's observations were carried on in the years 1861-
62, and refer to 113 species.
. Letter from. Tom. cit. p. 533.
Remarks on the limits of the so-called " Indian Region," and
other notes on Birds (see Sylviidce).
BLYTH, E. Notes relating chiefly to the Birds of India. Tom.
cit. p. 157.
Containing criticisms of some value on recent contributions
to Indian ornithology; and the author, having examined the
Leyden Museum, makes several identifications of species hitherto
supposed to be distinct by Dutch and British writers. Two
species (belonging to Sylviidce) are described for the first time.
ELWES, H. J. Letter from. Tom. cit. p. 526.
Relates to the ornithology of the Cardamnm Hills of Travancore.
GODWIN-AUSTEN, H. H. A List of Birds obtained in the
Khasi and North Cachar Hills. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 91.
. Second List of Birds obtained in the Khasi and North
Cachar Hills, and the country at their base, in the Mymensing
and Sylhet districts. Tom cit. p. 264.
In the first of these papers 207 species are enumerated, and
interesting notes on some of them given. Very few Gallince are
included, and no Grallce or Anseres, these being poorly represented
in the locality. In the second 118 additional species are
mentioned.
GOULD, J. The Birds of Asia. Part xxii. London : 1870.
Of the sixteen species figured, many do not belong strictly to
the Indian region.
HUME, ALLAN. Stray Notes on Ornithology in India. Ibis,
1870, pp. 181-185, 399-407.
The first of these papers describes a new genus and species of
Sylviidce (q. v.), the second the habits of Emberiza striolata.
. Letters from, on Indian Birds. Tom. cit. pp. 136, 145,
283, 435, 438, 528, 530, 532.
Innumerable remarks on Indian Ornithology, in the course
of which several species are described as new (see Falconidm
(3), Indicatorida, Muscicapidce, Sylviidce, and Motacillidce), and
others recorded for the first time as occurring in India.
• Additional Observations regarding some species of Birds