Ornithological Literature oj 1870. 419 



prey which cross the Bosphorus upon their migration (c/. Ibis, 



1870, p. GO). An Indian Buzzard is described (p. 161) from 



a skin sent by Mr. Hume to M. Jules Verreaux, under the name 



" Base des Monts Himalaya,'' to which the authors are inchned 



to refer some specimens obtained by them in the forest of 



Belgrade. 



Baird. See Whitney. 



Baldamus, Dr. E. 



1. OrnitJioloqisches aus meinen Reise-Tagebiirhern. J. fiir 

 Orn. 1870, PP- 94-118. 



These notes refer to Swiss birds observed in the Canton 

 Grisou, especially in the district of the Upper Engadine. A 

 list of 86 species is given at the end of the article. (See Saratz, 

 Jean.) 



2. Eine Brutstelle van Branta rufina in Mitteldeutschland. 

 J. fur Orn. 1870, pp. 278-281. 



Describes a breeding-place of Branta I'ufina, which appears to 

 have been frequented by this species for at least four years. 



Ball, V. 



1. Brief notes on the Geology and on the Fauna in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Nancowry Harbour, Nicobar Islands. J. A. 

 S. B. 1870, pt. ii. p. 25. 



Contains notes on 21 species of birds observed, two of which 

 (a Turnix and an ^gialitis) have not been previously obtained 

 on the Nicobars. But of these specimens were not procured,, 

 and the species are consequently not determined. 



2. Notes on Birds observed in the neighbourhood of Port 

 Blair, Andaman Islands, during the month of August 1869. 

 J. A. S. B. 1870, pt. ii. p. 240. 



Gives remarks on 22 species, all previously known, from the 

 Andamans, though two are somewhat doubtful {Ninox, sp., and 

 Edolius, sp.) 



Bannister, B. H. 



A sketch of the classification of the American Anserina?. Proc. 



Ac. N. Sc. Phil. 1870, pp. 130-132. 

 The Geese of both continents of America are, in this paper, 

 divided into seven genera, for which brief characters, some of 



