By F. W. Styan, F.Z.S. From the Ibis for July and October, 1891.
We are indebted to Mr. Styan, whose contributions to our Museum bear witness to his devotion to natural history, for these two pamphlets. By the ''Lower Yangtze Basin" Mr. Styan understands the district from Hankow to the ses, Strictly speak. ing," he says, the Lower Yaugtz in should include the last 1,000 mi from want of opportunity I am unable to treat of the 400 miles between Ichang and Hankow; it is, however, an uninteresting ion, and would probably furnish little information which cannot be obtained eastward of Hankow." In the 600 miles of river included in Mr. Styan's field he finds 359 ies of birds, of whom 142 are breeders and 217 are winter visitants, passing on migration, stray birds, or doubtful. Of the breeders the greater number are Oriental, thus supporting Mr, Seebohm's conclusion that the boundary line between the Palwarctic and Oriental regions in China should be drawn not further south than the watershed between the Hudng-ho which he has actuall, been very rear, a labour of love though it has no deul toon to him. The descriptions of the different spi ies are so written a8 to be. vary interesting; not only to the zoologist, but to the general reader, who would have been assisted if it had been permissible to put the common as well as the scientific name to each species.
Returns of Trade and Trade Reports for the Year 1891. Part LI, Reports and Statistics for each Port. With the Reports and Statistics for Corea, Shanghai: Published at the Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1892.
'This splendid annual compendium of the foreign trade of China hes grown from the 637 pages for 1890 to 674 pages' for 1891, and it continues-to be o striking tribute in its completeness to the careful vigilance with which as much of the commerce of China as passes through the foreign custom houses is recorded. To review it asit deserves must be the work of much time, for even those to whom figures are a woarmess will find the reports preceding the figures for each port full of interest, That for Chungking is preceded by an excellent and exceedingly clear map of the province of Szechuan, compiled by Mr. A. E, von Rosthorn, of the Customs Service, in which not merely are the geographical features of the province given, including the telegraph line and the principal roads, but the chief Net Imports B3)141,308 P2Oducts of the di different districts are clearly Deduct Duties paid at Shanghai..."
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3,911,137 there 99 141,303 indicated. The only station from which left for it in the page Ro pice Deiuces per cent for. importers' Aapaes. are 66 pages of statistics. The Procrustean ity, CE..ersee. wese 1)488,122 rule as to the length of the Commissioners' reporte haa been " slightly relaxed: for
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