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THE current number of the Ibis commences with two papers on the ornithology of the Fiji Islands, by Mr. E. L. Layard, in which the following species are described:—Platycercus taviunensis, Myiolestes macrorhynchus, M. compressirostris, Pachycephala torquata. Additional notes on other birds are given, including Lamprolia victoriæ.—Mr. H. Durnford has ornithological notes from the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres, in which the habits of the birds of the district are briefly described.—Mr. R. Ridgway writes on the genus Helminthophaga, precisely defining the distribution of the ten species and their specific characters.—Mr. H. E. Dresser continues his notes on Severtzoff's “Fauna of Turkestan,” the species of birds most lengthily noticed being Leptopoecile sophiæ, Anthus pratensis, and Lanius isabellinus, together with Caprimulgus pallens and C. arenicolor.—Mr. F. Barratt gives ornithological notes made during trips between Bloemfontein and the Lydenburg gold-fields, figuring Bradypterus barrati.—Messrs. H. Seebohm and J. A. Harvie Brown continue their notes on the birds of the Lower Petchora, figuring the eggs of Squatarola helvetica.—Mr. J. H. Gurney continues his notes on Mr. Sharpe's “Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British Museum,” devoting himself on this occasion to the American Buzzards.—Mr. P. L. Sclater gives an interesting account of the recent ornithological researches of Beccari, D'Albertis, and von Rosenberg in New Guinea, and Count Salvadori writes on two New Guinea species, Sericulus xanthogaster and Xanthomelus aureus.—Canon Tristram describes a collection of birds from New Hebrides, among which is a new species of Porphyrio, P. aneiteumensis.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 14, 202 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014202a0
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