454 jNIessrs. Salvin (iiiii Sclatoi's Index of the 



MoRRELL, G. Herbert. 



The Student's Manual of Comparative Anatomy, and Guide to 

 Dissection, ^r. Part ii. Sauropsidse. Section i. Aves. 

 Oxford: 1870. 8vo, pp. 75. 



See Ibis, 1870, p. 508. 



MiJLLER, Pf, Karl. 



Aus meinen Beobachtungsnotizen. J. fiir Orn. 1870, pp. 

 91-93. 



Notes on Calamoherpe palustris and Parus major. 



MURIE, J. 



On a Specimen of Aquila bavthelemyi recently living in the 

 Society's Gardens. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 80. 



Refers to a specimen of an Eagle, determined as of this species 

 by Mr. Gurney (Ibis, 1864, p. 339) . A letter from Mr. Gurney 

 explains briefly the different phases of plumage passed through 

 by the bird since 1857. 



MUTH, J. P. 



Die Vogel auf Sicilien. Zool. Gart. 1870, p. 143. 



Contains general remarks upon the birds observed in the 

 neighbourhood of Palermo. Hr. Muth calls particular atten- 

 tion to the excellent collection of Sicilian birds formed within 

 these last eight years by Professor Doderlein, Director of the 

 Museum of Palermo for Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, 

 from whose writings many of Hr. Muth's remarks have been 

 selected. 



Nathusius, W. von. 



Ueber die Eischalen von /Epyornis, Dinornis, Apteryx, und 

 einigen Cri/pturiden. Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Zool. xxi. 

 pp. 330-335, t. xxv., xxvi. 



A continuation of H. v. Nathusius^s important researches into 

 the structure of the shell of the egg of the Struthiones and other 

 orders of birds. Microscopic examination shows that the egg of 

 ^pyornis approaches nearest to that of Stinithio, and bears no 

 resemblance to that of the larger Raptores, to which some 

 authors have referred this extinct form. The egg of Diiiornis 

 approaches that of Rhea, as already shown in previous articles. 

 The Tinami are quite different, as regards the minute structure 



