452 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Indecc of the 



and a differentiation of the genera and species comprised 

 in the group. This portion of the work concludes with a 

 table of the Geographical Distribution of the Capitonidse. The 

 manner in which America is divided is not very intelligible, 

 when viewed either as regards the sections or their arrangement 

 in juxtaposition. 



2. Notes on the Classification of the Capitonidre. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 117. 



The Capitonidse are here arranged in three subfamilies, the 

 characters of which are given. A new genus, Stactolama, is 

 proposed for S. anchietce, Bocage. Woodcuts illustrate the 

 bills and bristles of Stactolama, Barbaiula, Xylobucco, and 

 Trachyi^honus. 



3. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 536. 



Contains a description of Megalmna humii, a supposed new 

 species belonging to the Capitonidce from Borneo. 



Marshall, W. 



Quelques Observations sur la splanchnologie du Rhinochretes 

 jubatus, Verr. et Desm. Arch. Neerl. 1870, pp. 402-408. 



The author, having examined the internal organs of this bird, 

 arrives at the same general conclusions as Mr. Parker, as to its 

 position in the class Aves {cf. Parker, Trans. Z. S. vi. p. 501). 

 A plate illustrates the comparisons instituted. 



Martin, L. 



Das Abdndern der Luftrohre beim Auerhahn Tetrao urogallus, 

 mas. Zool. Gart. 1870, p. 24. 



In some males of Tetrao urogallus the windpipe makes a bend 

 between the branches of the furcula instead of going straight to 

 the bronchise, something after the fashion of the structure in 

 Penelope, &c. Hr. Martin has met with this variation twice 

 among 50 or 60 specimens examined. 



Martin, Philipp Leopold. 



Die Praxis der Naturgeschichte. Zweiter Theil, Dermoplastic 

 und Museologie. Weimar: 1870. 8vo, pp. 240, t. i.-vi. 



Though but a small portion of this work is devoted especially 

 to ornithology, it appears to contain practical suggestions on 

 what may be called the artistic branch of the science, one which 



