Ornithologicrd Litfirnfnre of 1870. 453 



is in a very backward condition in most museums, where alone 

 mounted specimens can and ought to be" exhibited to advan- 

 tage. The plates, most of them referring to mammalia, are 

 drawn with spirit, and show that stuffed specimens, to look 

 natural, must be something more than skins full of tow, and 

 that, to produce a life-like result, the form of every important 

 muscle ought to be carefully studied. A portion of the work 

 relates to cases for the exhibition of specimens and their con- 

 struction. 



MellisSj John Charles. 



Notes on the Birds of the Island of St. Helena. Ibis, ] 870, 

 p. 97. 



A list of the birds of St. Helena, both indigenous and intro- 

 duced. Of the former, all but one are sea-birds, the single 

 exception being a Plover [Charadrius pecuarius of Temm., ac- 

 cording to some authors ; but whether rightly so determined is 

 perhaps doubtful). Of the latter, a number of cage-birds are 

 mentioned, which have no claim to such distinction. Other in- 

 troduced species seem to have established themselves in the 

 island. 



Milne-Edwards, Alph. 



Observations sur la faune ornithologique du Bourbonnais pen- 

 dant la periode tertiaire moyenne. Compt. Rend. Ixx. p. 557 

 (1870). Translated in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. v. p. 451. 

 Shows that the miocene deposits of Saint-Gerard-de-Puy and 

 Langy, which M. Milne-Edwards has recently investigated, con- 

 tain remains of an almost tropical avifauna of an African type, 

 as indicated by the presence of the genera Psittacus, Trogon, 

 Collocalia, Pterocles, Leptoptilos, and Secretarius. 



MODERSOHN, C. 



Der Fang von allerlei Vogeln aitf den Reisbauin. J. fiir Orn. 



1870, pp. 394-397. 

 Details methods for catching birds. 



MoBius, K. 



Friedrich Boie, Nekrolog. J. fur Orn. 1870, pp. 231-233. 



An obituary notice of the well-known ornithologist, Friedrich 

 Boie. 



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