434 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



o{ birds : — Falco concolor (frontispiece), Caprimulgus fussii, Nec- 

 tar inia jar dinii and N. erythrocerca, Andropadus flavescens, Bias 

 musicus, Muscicapa cinereola, Laniarius funebris, L. sticturus, 

 L. orientalis, L. salimce, Sympledes kersteni, Pionias fuscica- 

 piUus, Corythaix livingstonii, Francolinus cranchii, F. kirki, and 

 Hydrochelidon albigena, 



2. Zur Ornithologie der Tonga-Inseln. J. fur Orn. 1870, 

 pp. 119-140, t. iv. 



In the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1869 (p. 544), 

 the authors described a small collection of birds from these 

 islands made by Dr. GrafFe. The present paper combines these 

 notes with others on a second collection from the same source. 

 A list of 37 species is given as found in this group of islands ; 

 and the authority for the occurrence of each is added. Co- 

 pious notes on eighteen species are given, and Myiolestes heinii 

 is figured. 



Fischer, Joh. von. 



Die Vogel des St. Petersburger Gouvernements. Zool. Gart. 

 1870, p. 344. 



Short notes on birds observed by the author during fifteen 

 months' study of the ornis of the district near St. Petersburg. 



Fraas, Oscar. 



Die Fauna von Steinheim. Wiirtt. nat. Jahresh. 1870, pp. 

 272-288, t. vii.-xiii. 



The fossil remains of eight species of birds are here described 

 from specimens obtained from the Miocene formations at Stein- 

 heim. 



Anas atava (t. xiii. figs. 1, c, b, c), A. cygniformis (t. xiii. 

 f. 2, a, b), Pelecanus intermedins (t. xiii. figs. 3, 4), Ardea similis 

 (t. vii. f. 14, a, b, c), Palcelodus steinheimensis (t. vii. f. 13), are 

 described as new ; and bones oi Anas blanchardi, A. Milne-Edw., 

 Ibis pag ana, A. Milne-Edw. , and Palcelodus gracilipes, A. Milne- 

 Edw., are also described. 



Frauenfeld, Georg, K. von. 



Ueber den Werth der Vogel in Bezug auf das Vogelschutzgesetz. 



Blatt. d. Vereins. f. Landeskunde in Niederosterreich. 

 An essay upon the question what species should be included 



