Oniithulogical Literature of 1870. 427 



birds were obtained, and amongst them a Sjjei-mophila, which 

 was afterwards called by Mr. Lawrence S. badiiventris, but is now 

 known to be S. curvina in immature plumage {antea, p. 16). 



Darwin, Charles. 



Notes on the Habits of the Pampas Woodpecker (Colaptes cam- 

 pestris). P. Z. S. 1870, p. 705. 



These notes have reference to Mr. Hudson's account of this 

 species, P. Z.S. 1870, p. 112. Mr. Darwin does not doubt Azara's 

 and Mr. Hudson's observations showing that C. campestris fre- 

 quents trees like an ordinary Woodpecker, but states that his 

 own observations in Banda Oriental and on the northern bank 

 of the Plata led him to believe that the bird lived on the ground. 

 The beaks of some shot were muddy, and their tails showed no 

 signs of abrasion. See Hudson, W. H, also anteci, p. 308. 



David, Pere Armand. 



Comptes Rendus, Ixx. 1870, p. 538. 



An extract by M. Milne-Edwards of a letter from Pere David, 

 dated from Szechuen, in which he describes a new species of 

 Crossoptilon under the name C. carulescens. Translated in Ann. 

 N. H. ser. 4, v. p. 308 (1870). 



De Selys-Longchamps, Baron. 



Notes on various Birds observed in Italian Museums in 1866. 

 Ibis, 1870, pp. 449-455. 



The Museums containing the species upon which these notes 

 were made are those of Turin, of Count Turati in Milan, of 

 Florence, and of Pisa. Notes are added on Columba turricola 

 of Bonaparte, on the occurrence in Sicily of Porphyria chloro- 

 notus, and on Passer italice. 



Desmeure, M. 



Reproduction d'Autruches a Florence. Bull. Soc. Acclim. 

 ser. 2, vii. p. 205. 



Contains an account of the nesting of Struthio camelus in 

 the Zoological Garden of Florence in 1869. Two females were 

 placed with one male, and laid in one nest ; the male was the 

 principal incubator, but was occasionally assisted by one of the 

 females. 



