Ornithological Literature of 1870. 435 



in the proposed laws for the preservation of bird-life in the 

 Austrian Empire. 



Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, A. 



Note sur quelques reproductions d'oiseaux obtenues en 1868 et 



1869 au Jardin d' Acclirnatation du Bois de Boulogne. Bull. 



Soc. Acclim. ser. 2, p. 127. 



Contains notes on the reproduction of Phasianus reevesii, Eu- 



plocamus swinhoii, E. prcelatus, E. nobilis, E. vieilloti, Poly- 



plectron bicalcaratum, Penelope pipile, Aramides carjennensis, 



and other well-known species, in the Jardin d' Acclirnatation. 



GiGLioLi, H. H., and Salvadori, T. 



1 . On some other new and little-knoivn Birds collected during the 

 Voijage round the World in 1865-68 of H.I.M.'s S. ' Ma- 

 genta' Ibis, 1870, p. 185. 



Apparently a translation of the following paper, though per- 

 haps anterior to it in date of publication. 



2. Altre nuove o poco note specie di uccelli raccolte durante il 

 viaggio fatto intorno al mondo dalla Pirocorvetta italiana 

 Magenta. Atti Ac. Torino, 1870, pp. 273-276. 



Acridotheres leucocephalus is described as a new species from 

 Cochin China. Lej)toptila chlorauchenia is proposed for a Pigeon 

 from Uruguay. It is probably the Paloma parda tapadas roxas 

 of Azara, and doubtless Leptoptila chalcauchenia, Salvad., MS., 

 of Sclater and Salvin, P. Z. S., 1869, p. 633. It is also Lepto- 

 ptila ochroptera of v. Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 278 (1870). Rhopo- 

 philus is a new generic name proposed for Drymoeca "? pekinensis, 

 Swinh., and its natural position indicated to be near Laniellus in 

 the Timaliidse. 



GiLLETT, George. 



On the Birds of Novaya Zemlya. Ibis, 1870, pp. 303-310. 



Twenty-eight species are enumerated in this paper, which 

 includes all that the author saw between 17th July and 5th 

 September. The names of the majority of the species are given 

 without hesitation ; but some are only included with doubt. A 

 note appended to this paper gives a comparison of the results 

 obtained by the author and Dr. von Baer. It appears that the 

 latter explorer mentions six additional species, of which one is 



